POPPY FAMILY 



561 



Fig. 117. PAP AVER 



CALIPORNICUM 



Gray; capsule, X 



1. P. calif ornicum Gray. WESTERN POPPY. (Fig. 117.) Glabrous or 

 sparsely pilose-pubescent, l l / 2 to 2 feet high; juice milky; leaves pinnately 

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



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



radiate upon the summit of the ovary, forming a sort of ' ' skull 



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



lines long. 



Cismontane Southern California northward 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 following stations validate the 



indicated range : 



San Diego, I. 



Brandegee; 



Lakeside, San 



Diego Co., T. 



Brandegee; 



St. John's 



Canon, s. of San 



Jaeinto, John Haslam; San Dimas 

 Canon, San Gabriel Mts., Peirson 

 2397'; Pasadena, McClatchie; Rattle- 

 snake Canon, Santa Barbara, T. 

 Brandegee; San Marcos Pass, T. 

 Brandegee; Santa Lucia Mts., W. 

 Vcrtriede; Mt. Tamalpais, Howe. 



Ref s. PAP AVER CALIFORNICUM Gray, 

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

 loc. Santa Inez Mts., John Spence ; 

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

 P. lemmoni Greene, Pitt. 1:168 

 (1888), type loc, Cholame Valley, San 

 Luis Obispo Co., Lemmon; the "con- 

 ical apiculation" is also more or less 

 obvious in S. Cal. plants. 



2. P. heterophyllum Greene. 

 WIND POPPY. (Fig. 118.) Glab- 

 rous, iy 2 to 2 feet high; juice 

 yellow; leaves pinnate or pin- 

 na tely divided, the 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, 1/2 to 1 inch 

 long; stigmas capitate at sum- 

 mit of a distinct and slender 

 style ; capsule clavate-obovoid, 4 

 to 7 lines long. 



Hill slopes and valley fields : 

 Coast Ranges from Lake Co. 

 south to cismontane Southern 

 California and Lower Califor- 

 nia ; San Joaquin Valley ; south- 

 ern Sierra Nevada (Fresno Co. 

 to Kern Co.). May. 



Fig. 118. PAPAVER HETEROPHYLLUM Greene, a, habit, 

 X 1 ; 6, c, different leaf types, X % ; d, capsule, 

 X 2. 



