NAZ Flora: A Photographic, Annotated Catalog of Northern Arizona Vascular Plants, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana

Mexican Gold-poppy; California-poppy

A member of the Papaveraceae, the Poppy Family

Flower of Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona, Bureau of Land Management public lands

Flower.  The dark curved appendage inside the flower at left is not a part of it,
but a seed of Erodium cicutarium.
 
Bureau of Land Management public lands: Off of Hualapai Mountain Road,
about four and a half miles southeast of Historic Route 66 in Kingman.
Elevation ca. 4,300 feet.

25 April 2010

 

Flower of Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona, Bureau of Land Management public lands.

Flower, bent down to show the narrow rim at the base of the petals.
That it has a rim at all marks it as belonging to E. californica; that the rim
is so narrow is one of the characteristics of E. californica ssp. mexicana.
Same location as prior image.

25 April 2010

 

Habit of Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona, Bureau of Land Management public lands.

Habit, in bloom, with tape measure to show scale in inches.
Same location as prior images.

25 April 2010

 

Leaves of Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona, Bureau of Land Management public lands.

Leaves, at base of flower stalk.
The plants surrounding it in the image are Erodium cicutarium.
Same location as prior images.

25 April 2010

 

Habitat of Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana off of Hualapai Mountain Road southeast of Kingman, Arizona, Bureau of Land Management public lands.

Habitat.
Same location as prior images.

25 April 2010

 

Photographs copyright © Lee Dittmann

This page created 8 May 2010.

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