Misplaced Pages

Eschscholzia lemmonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Genus:	Eschscholzia
Species:	E. lemmonii
Binomial name
Eschscholzia lemmonii Greene

Eschscholzia lemmonii is a species of poppy known by the common name Lemmon's poppy.

It is endemic to California, where its distribution includes the Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada foothills, and Transverse Ranges. One subspecies, the Tejon poppy, ssp. kernensis, is limited to the mountains of Kern County surrounding the Grapevine. This wildflower is an annual herb growing from a patch of segmented leaves made up of round-edged leaflets. The erect stalks grow up to 30 centimeters tall and bear orange or dark yellow poppy flowers. The fruit is a capsule 3 to 7 centimeters long containing tiny netted brown seeds.

References

1. "Eschscholzia lemmonii Greene_Lemmons Poppy_Discovery Life".
2. "Eschscholzia lemmonii_Lemmon's Poppy_EOL".
3. "Eschscholzia lemmonii Greene, W. Amer. Sci. 3: 157. 1887_Lemmons Poppy_Discovery Life".

External links

• CalFlora Database: Eschscholzia lemmonii (Lemmon's poppy)
• Jepson Manual (TJM2) eFlora treatment of Eschscholzia lemmonii
• USDA Plants Profile for Eschscholzia lemmonii
• UC Photos gallery — Eschscholzia lemmonii

This Papaveraceae article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Eschscholzia
• Endemic flora of California
• Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
• Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
• Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
• Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
• Natural history of Kern County, California
• Papaveraceae stubs