Eschscholzia glyptosperma
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| Eschscholzia glyptosperma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Eschscholzia |
| Species: | E. glyptosperma |
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| Eschscholzia glyptosperma Greene | |
Eschscholzia glyptosperma is a species of poppy known by the common names desert poppy, desert goldenpoppy, and Mojave poppy.[1]
It is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States. This is an annual herb growing from a basal patch of leaves divided into pointed segments. It produces erect stems up to about 25 centimeters in height, each bearing a single flower. The poppy flower is bright yellow with petals one to two and a half centimeters long. The fruit is a capsule 4 to 7 centimeters long filled with tiny rounded brown seeds.[2][3]
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