POPPY FAMILY 



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Fig. 117. Papavek 



CALirOBNICU M 



Gray; capsule, X 



1. P. calif orniciim Gray. Western Poppy. (Pig. 117.) Glabrous or 

 spareely pilose-pubescent, IV2 to 2 feet high ; juice milkj^ ; leaves pinnately 

 divided, the segments oblong or roiuidish, toothed, lobed, or incised; petals red 

 with a green spot at base, 7 to 10 lines long ; stigmas sessile and 

 radiate upon tlie summit of the ovary, forming a sort of "skull 

 cap," persistent in fruit; capsule turbinate-obovate, 6 to 7 

 lines long. 



Cismontane Southern California noi'tliward to Marin Co. 

 Apr.-May. 



Locs. — This species apparently occurs at but relatively few stations 

 since it is infrequently collected. It is most common on burns the next 

 year after a fire and on clearings. The follo'sviug stations validate the 

 indicated range : .. , ^ 



Brandegee; \y;. 



Lakeside, San 



Diego Co., T. 



Brandegee; 



St. John's 



Canon, s. of San 

 Jacinto, John Haslam; San Dimas 

 Caiion, San Gabriel Mts., Peirson 

 2397; Pasadena, McClatchie; Rattle- 

 snake Canon, Santa Barbara, T. 

 Brandegee; San Marcos Pass, T. 

 Brandegee; Santa Lucia Mts., TV. 

 Vcrtriede; Mt. Tamalpais, Howe. 



Refs. — Papaver c^vlifornicum Gray, 

 Proc. Am. Acad. 22:313 (1887), type 

 loc. Santa Inez Mts., John Spencc; 

 Jepson, Fl. W. Mid. Cal. 209 (1901). 

 P. Icmmoni Greene, Pitt. I:lii8 

 (1888), type loc. Cholame Valley, San 

 Luis Obispo Co., Lemmon; the "con- 

 ical apieulation ' ' is also more or less 

 obvious in S. Cal. plants. 



2. P. heterophyllum Greene. 

 Wind Poppy. (Fig. 118.) Glab- 

 rous, 11/2 to 2 feet high ; juice 

 yellow; leaves pinnate or pin- 

 nately divided, tlie segments 

 entire, toothed or divided, ex- 

 ceedingly diverse in shape even 

 on the same plant or the same 

 leaf, varying from oval to nar- 

 rowly linear; petals brick-red 

 with a dark spot at base, broadly 

 cuneate-obovate, Y2 to 1 inch 

 long; stigmas capitate at sum- 

 mit of a distinct and slender 

 style; capsule clavate-obovoid, 4 

 to 7 lines long. 



Ilill slopes and valley fields: 

 Coast Ranges from Lake Co. 

 south to cismontane Southern 

 California and Lower Califor- 

 Sau Joaquin Valley ; south- 



nui; 



ern Sierra Nevada (Fresno Co. 

 to Kern Co.). May. 



Fig. 118. Papaver heterophyllum Greene, a, habit, 

 XI; h, c, different leaf tvpes, X % ; d, capsule, 

 X 2. 



