Eschscholzia Cham.
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1213417E-FEFB-FEF9-C8F1-F6764245C5DA |
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Plazi |
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Eschscholzia Cham. |
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7. Eschscholzia Cham. View in CoL 1
Sap watery. Sepals connate, forming a hood which is shed when the flower opens, leaving two rims at base of ovary. Petals 4, entire. Capsule ribbed, opening from below by 2 valves, which separate from the placentae. Aril absent.
1. E. californica Cham, in Nees, Horae Phys. Berol. 74 (1820). Glaucous, glabrous annual or perennial. Cotyledons 2-fid. Stems 20-60 cm, erect or spreading. Leaves ternately divided; ultimatesegments linear. Flowers solitary, long-pedicellate, terminal. Petals 1 -6 cm, orange to yellow, darker at base, obovate. Stamens yellow, filaments not expanded; anthers yellow. Capsule 7-10 cm, straight, glabrous. Naturalized in C. & W. Europe; often casual elsewhere. [Au BI Br Co Cz Ga Ge Ho Hu Hs Lu Rm.] (5. W. United States.)
Subfam. Hypecooideae
Flowers solitary or in cymes. Corolla slightly zygomorphic; petals not spurred. Capsule linear.
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