FLAMING POPPY (Meconopsis heterophylla, Benth.). Flowers 

 solitary, brick red deepening to the centre, from \ to 2 inches 

 in diameter, borne at the top of long, slender flower stalks; 

 leaves pale green, somewhat succulent, pinnately parted. 

 An herbaceous annual plant, 1 to 2 feet high, simple or branch- 

 ing, with orange-colored juice. Blooming in spring in more 

 or less shady places and canons of the foothills of Central and 

 Southern California. 



The Flaming Poppy is very variable, being much more 

 showy in its northern range than in the south where the 

 flowers are only conspicuous by their brilliancy of color, 

 glowing like a spark of fire near the ground. The blossoms are 

 exceedingly touchy, the delicate petals dropping almost as 

 quickly as gathered and soon scattered by the wind whence 

 doubtless, another common name, Wind-poppy. Some 

 botanists make a distinct variety of the southern form var. 

 crassifolia, Jepson distinguished by thicker leaves and smaller 

 flowers, sometimes popularly called Blood-drops. The genus 

 is particularly abundant in Asia, being represented there by 

 about 25 specier> mostly Himalayan, Tibetan, and Chinese. 



