Eschscholzia glyptosperma (Desert Poppy)

Eschscholzia glyptosperma

Eschscholzia glyptosperma Greene

Eschscholzia glyptosperma E. Greene

Desert Poppy

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Magnoliidae	Includes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others
Order	Papaverales	A group that includes buttercups and other poisonous plants
Family	Papaveraceae	Poppy family
Genus	Eschscholzia	Named after Dr. Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz (1793-1831), a Latvian or Estonian surgeon, entomologist and botanist who came with the Russian expeditions to the Pacific coast in 1816 and 1824
Species	glyptosperma	From glypto, “to carve,” and sperma, in compound words signifying “seeded,” thus “carved-seeded,” the ashen-gray globose seeds being coarsely pitted

About plant names...

This desert poppy is a native of the Mojave, Sonoran, and portions of the Colorado Deserts.

Identification: Plants are about 8-10" (20-25 cm) high. Foliage at the base is blue- or gray-green in color. Bright yellow bowl-shaped flowers, resembling buttercups, are about 1" (2.5 cm) across, with a single flower per stem. They occur on bare stems (that is, they are scapose.) Compare these to Eschscholzia parishii, whose stems are not bare.

Online References:

Eschscholzia glyptosperma on CalPhotos

Eschscholzia glyptosperma at Bird and Hike

Eschscholzia glyptosperma on Wikimedia Commons

Eschscholzia glyptosperma at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Eschscholzia glyptosperma from the Jepson Manual

Eschscholzia glyptosperma on SEINet—the Southwest Environmental Information Network

Eschscholzia glyptosperma on eFloras

Eschscholzia glyptosperma description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA
≈ 15 × 10" (39 × 26 cm)

2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA
≈ 11 × 7" (28 × 18 cm)

Range:

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