Carnegiea gigantea, Giant Saguaro

Southwest Desert Flora

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Cirsium ochrocentrum, Yellowspine Thistle

Eschscholzia glyptosperma, Desert Poppy

Eschscholzia glyptosperma, Desert PoppyEschscholzia glyptosperma, Desert PoppyEschscholzia glyptosperma, Desert PoppyEschscholzia glyptosperma, Desert Poppy


Scientific Name: Eschscholzia glyptosperma - (esh-SHOLE-tzee-a)
Common Name: Desert Poppy
Also Called: Desert Goldenpoppy
Family: Papaveraceae or Poppy Family
Synonyms: ()
Status: Native
Duration: Annual
Size: Up to 10 inches or so.
Growth Form: Forb/herb; erect, acaulescent or nearly so, glabrous.
Leaves: Blue green, glaucous, numerous leaf segments, basal leaves.
Flower Color: Yellow; buds often nodding, glabrous, glaucous; petals small about 1⁄3 inch, fruit a capsule, seeds tan to brown.
Flowering Season: February to May, March to May in CA and TX.
Elevation: Up to 2,000 feet.

Habitat Preferences: Desert washes, flats, slopes and sandy soils.

Recorded Range: Desert Poppy is found in the southwestern United States in AZ, CA, NV, UT. In Arizona it occurs in the central and western parts of the state.

North America & US County Distribution Map for Eschscholzia glyptosperma.

U.S. Weed Information: No information available.
Invasive/Noxious Weed Information: No information available.
Wetland Indicator: No information available.
Threatened/Endangered Information: No information available.

Genus Information: 12 species in Eschscholzia in North America; 4 species in Arizona, 11 species in California, 1 species in New Mexico and Texas.

The Plant List includes 12 accepted species names for the genus Eschscholzia.

Comments: The photos above were take at Death Valley National Park and Anza Borrego Springs, California (winter-spring 2016).

Desert Poppy is very similar to the popular California Poppy but much smaller and with several other technical differences.

In Southwest Desert Flora also see; California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica and Pygmy Poppy, Eschscholzia minutiflora.

Date Profile Completed: 04/02/2016, updated format 09/29/2017
References:
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service on-line database and USGS ITIS search
Arizona Flora, Kearney, Thomas H., Peebles, Robert H., 1960, University of California Press, Berkley and Los Angeles, California.
Curtis Clark, FNA Family List | FNA Vol. 3 | Papaveraceae | 3. Eschscholzia glyptosperma, Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+. Flora of North America North of Mexico. 16+ vols. New York and Oxford. (accessed 04/02/2016).
The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 04/02/2016).
http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Papaveraceae/Eschscholzia/#statistics
Native Plant Information Network, NPIN (2013). Published on the Internet http://www.wildflower.org/plants/ [accessed: 04/02/2016]. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas, Austin, TX.
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ESGL
1993, The Jepson Manual, Citation: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/interchange/I_treat_indexes.html (accessed 04/02/2016)
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5547,5568,5571
Michael L. Charters; California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations (accessed 04/02/2016).
http://www.calflora.net/bloomingplants/pronunciationguide.html
SEINet for synonyms, scientific names, recorded geographic locations and general information
http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/.