CALIFORNIA-POPPY 



Eschschol'tzia califor'nica 



W76 

 (2 leaves) 



Flowers large, showy, on flower stalks 

 2 to 6 in. in length 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 2, united 

 into a beaked cap that is pushed off by 

 the unfolding petals 



Petals 4, % to 2 in. long, fan-shaped, 

 shiny, deep orange to straw-colored 



Stamens numerous, yellow, short, at- 

 tached to base of petals 



Enlarged stem tip (receptacle or 

 torus) hollow, crowned by a spread- 

 ing rim 



Seed pod (capsule) linear, 1 to 3 

 (rarely 4) in. long, 1-celled, 10-ribbed, 

 many-seeded ; seeds net-veined, spherical 



Leaves several times (ternately) di- 

 vided into linear or oblong segments, 

 with stalks of varying length, the en- 

 tire leaf % to 1 ft. long, smooth and 

 bluish ; stem leaves smaller 



Stems-^-several to many, erect 

 spreading, branched, usually leafy, 

 to 2 ft. high 



Taproot deep, stout, perennial, de- 

 veloping large root crown in older plants 



Lith. A. Hoen & Co. 



