16 



WILD FLOWERS OF CALIFORNIA 



56. Prickly Poppy 



57. Desert Poppy 



58. Tree Poppy 

 Bush Poppy 



59. 



60. Western Poppy 



61. Wind Poppy 



62. Blood Drops 



Argemone hispida 



Arctomecon californicum 



Dendromecon rigidum 



Canbya Candida 



Papaver californicum 



Papaver heterophyllum 



Papaver heterophyllum 

 var. crassifolium 



Leaves thistle-like; flowers 

 large, white ; Eastern Si- 

 erras especially burnt over 

 sagebrush areas. Hand- 

 some. 



A magnificent large white 

 flower. Southeastern des- 

 erts of State only. 



Shrubby ; flowers golden 

 yellow. Coast ranges and 

 Sierras. 



An inch high. Flowers 

 white, minute. Head of 

 Mohave River, San Ber- 

 nardino county. 



Milky juice ; flowers red 

 with green spots. Chiefly 

 in Southern California. 



A graceful plant with slen- 

 der-stalked flowers, brick 

 red. Dry soils middle 

 California south. Getting 

 scarce in bay region. 



Flowers more numerous and 

 smaller. Interior fields. 



FUMITORY FAMILY FUMARIACEAE 



63. Dutchmans Breeches Dicentra chrysantha 



64. Bleeding Heart 



65. Ear-Drop 



66. Steers Head 



67. Fumitory 



68. 



Dicentra formosa 



Dicentra pauciflora 



Dicentra uniflora 



Corydalis Caseana 



Corydalis Bidwelliae 



Yellow two-spurred flowers. 

 High dry ridges of inner 

 coast ranges. Not com- 

 mon. 



Rose-purple, crested. Shady 

 woods Marin county 

 northward. 



White, tinged with rose. 

 Scott mountains near 

 snow. 



High Sierras. Not common. 

 Small plant, usually only 

 one-flowered. Flesh-color. 

 June, near snow. 



One spurred flower. Whit- 

 ish with lavender tips. 

 Shady ravines Sierras. 

 Not common. 



Near Chico. 



MUSTARD FAMILY 



CRUCIFERAE 



69. 



70. Small Alyssum 



71. Sweet Alyssum 



72. Rockets 



73. Rockets 



Platyspermum scapigerum 



Alyssum calcinum 

 Alyssum maritimum 

 Draba stenoloba 



Draba cuneifolia 



Interesting thin flat seed 

 pods. Sierra countv foot- 

 hills. 



Escape from gardens. 



Escape from gardens. 



4"-12". Flowers yellow. 

 High Sierras. 



3"-6". Flowers white. Los 

 Angeles. 



