Papaver californicum is a species of poppy known by the common names fire poppy and western poppy.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Papaver |
| Section: | Papaver sect. Californicum Kadereit |
| Species: | P. californicum
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| Papaver californicum | |
It is endemic to California, where it is found in Central Western California and Southwestern California.[1] It grows in chaparral, oak woodlands, and other habitats, often in places that have recently burned.
Description
editPapaver californicum is an annual herb that grows a hairy to hairless stem which may exceed half a meter in height.
The flower atop the mostly naked stem usually has four petals one or two centimeters long that are orange in color with green bases. Petals of the similar wind poppy (Stylomecon heterophylla) have purple bases.[2]
The flowers last only a few days at most. The seeds, once scattered, can lie dormant for years; smoke acts as a trigger for them to germinate.[3]
Taxonomy
editPapaver californicum is the only species in the section Papaver sect. Californicum.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Jepson
- ^ Beidleman, Linda, and Eugene Kozloff. Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region: Mendocino to Monterey, Revised Edition. 1st ed. University of California Press, 2003. Print.
- ^ Gammon, Katherine (23 April 2019). "Fire Poppies: Rare Golden Flowers Rise from the Ashes in California". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ James C. Carolan; Ingrid L. I. Hook; Mark W. Chase; Joachim W. Kadereit; Trevor R. Hodkinson (2006). "Phylogenetics of Papaver and related genera based on DNA sequences from ITS nuclear ribosomal DNA and plastid trnL intron and trnL–F intergenic spacers". Annals of Botany. 98 (1): 141–155. doi:10.1093/aob/mcl079. PMC 2803553. PMID 16675606.
External links
edit- Jepson Manual Treatment: Papaver californicum
- USDA Plants Profile: Papaver californicum
- Flora of North America
- Papaver californicum — U.C. Photo gallery
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