Eschscholzia hypecoides

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Papaveraceae
Subfamilia: Papaveroideae
Tribus: Eschscholtzieae
Genus: Eschscholzia
Species: Eschscholzia hypecoides
Name

Eschscholzia hypecoides Benth., Trans. Hort. Soc. London. ser. 2, 1: 408. 1835.
Synonyms

Heterotypic

Eschscholzia caespitosa var. hypecoides (Benth.) A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 272. 1887.

References

Flora of North America (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Nov 07 [1].

Vernacular names

Eschscholzia hypecoides is a species of poppy known by the common name San Benito poppy.[1][2]

Distribution

The wildflower is endemic to California where it is mainly limited to the Inner Southern California Coast Ranges, in and around San Benito County. It is a plant of oak woodlands, grassland slopes, and chaparral habitats.

This wildflower was once considered a variety of the endemic tufted poppy (Eschscholzia caespitosa).
Description

Eschscholzia hypecoides is an annual herb with leaves made up of rounded segments and producing fuzzy stems up to 30 centimeters tall.

Atop the thin, erect stems are bright yellow to orange poppy flowers. Each flower has petals one or two centimeters long and sometimes spotted with a darker shade of yellow or orange.

The fruit is a capsule 3 to 7 centimeters long containing tiny netted brown seeds.
References

"Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Eschscholzia Cham._ Down one level_USDA NRCS".
"Southern and Central California Chaparral and Oak Woodlands_Native Seed Network". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-09-05.