PAPAVERACEAE— CAPPARIDACEAE 



Aconitum — Aconite. Monkshood 



(Gr. akoniton, monkshood, perhaps from an original rocky home) 



1. Leaves 3-parted, but not divided to the base A. columbidnum 



2. Leaves 4-9-lobed, usually divided to the base 



a. Helmet closed A. aulumndle 



b. Helmet open 



(1) Helmet narrow and cone-like A. lycoctonum 



(2) Helmet broad and low A. napellus 



Delphinium — Larkspur, Rocket 



(Gr. delphinion, larkspur) 



1. Pistils 2-3; leaves coarsely lobed D. jormosum 



2. Pistil 1 ; leaves finely cut 



a. Pod smooth ; flowers scattered D. consolida 



b. Pod downy ; flowers in a dense raceme D. ajdeis 



Brassicales Mustard Order 



Papaveraceae — Poppy Family 

 Herbs with colored or milky sap; sepals 2, petals 4-12, stamens many, ovary 1-celled, fruit a 

 capsule ; flower syncarpous, apopetalous, hypogynous, regular. 



1. Leaves spiny 



2. Leaves not spiny 



a. Buds drooping 



(1) Flowers 5-15 cm. wide; sap white 



(2) Flowers 1-2 cm. wide; sap yellow 



b. Buds erect or nearly so 



(1) Leaves pinnatifid; sap saffron Glaucium 



(2) Leaves dissected ; sap colorless Eschscholtzia 



Argemone 



Paparer 

 Chelidonium 



Argemone — Prickly Poppy 



(Gr. argemone, a kind of poppy) 



1. Flowers yellow; leaves spotted 



2. Flowers white ; leaves not spotted 



Papaver — Poppy 



(Lat. papaver, poppy) 



1. Stems leafy 



a. Leaves oblong, toothed, smooth and glaucous 



b. Leaves pinnatifid, bristly, green 



(1) Plant 1 m. high; flowers 1-2 dm. wide 



(2) Plant Yz m. high; flowers ^2 dm. wide 



2. Stems leafless 



a. Leaf divisions entire or somewhat cleft; capsule roundish 



b. Leaf divisions finely cut; capsule club-shaped 



Chelidonium — Celandine 



(Gr. chelidonion, swallow) 

 Leaves pinnate or twice pinnatifid ; flowers yellow 



Glaucium — Horned Poppy 



(Gr. glaucion, the juice of the horned poppy) 

 Leaves pinnatifid; flowers yellow; pod beaked 



Eschscholtzia — California Poppy 



(Named for the collector, Eschscholtz) 

 Leaves dissected ; flowers orange-yellow 



A. mexicdna 



A. intermedia 



P. somniferum: opium p. 



P. orientdle: oriental p. 

 P. rhoeas: corn p. 

 Shirley p. 



P. nudicaule: Iceland p. 

 P. dlpinum: alpine p. 



C. mdjus 



G. lutcum 



E. califdrnica 



Capparidaceae — Caper Family 

 Herbs with compound leaves; sepals 4, petals 4, stamens 6-12, ovary 2-celled, flower syncarpous, 

 apopetalous, hypogynous, regular. 



1. Flowers pink; stamens 6 Clcome 



2. Flowers yellowish; stamens 10-12 Polanisia 



