Papaveraceae

Poppy Family

Arctomecon californica.  GOLDEN BEARCLAW-POPPY.  CALIFORNIA BEARPOPPY.  Reported from near Pierce Ferry, northern Mohave County, at ca. 1500 feet [McD].  Western Grand Canyon on south side of Lake Mead, 1600-2200 feet [ARPC].

Arctomecon humilis.  DWARF BEARCLAW-POPPY.  COMMON BEARPOPPY.  Perennial.  Reported from north of Wolf Hole in northern Mohave County, at ca. 2500 feet [McD].

Argemone arizonica.  ARIZONA PRICKLYPOPPY.  ROARING SPRINGS PRICKLY POPPY.  Perennial.  North and south walls of Grand Canyon, Coconino County [McD].  "[G]rows well in Grand Canyon National Park, especially along the Kaibab and Bright Angel trails" [FNA-3].  Grand Canyon: "found only in Roaring Springs Canyon along the North Kaibab Trail" at 6000-6800 feet [ARPC].

~Argemone corymbosa ssp. corymbosa.  MOJAVE PRICKLYPOPPY.  Perennial.  FNA-3 range map shows this in western Arizona, apparently in southern Mohave County.

Argemone corymbosa ssp. arenicola.  MOJAVE PRICKLYPOPPY.  Perennial.  Reported from northeastern Coconino County [McD].

Argemone gracilenta.  SONORAN PRICKLYPOPPY.  Perennial.  Yavapai County, possibly also southern Mohave County [McD].

Argemone munita ssp. argentea.  FLATBUD PRICKLYPOPPY.  Perennial or annual.  Mohave County [McD].

Argemone munita ssp. rotundata.  FLATBUD PRICKLYPOPPY.  Perennial or annual.  Throughout region [McD].

Argemone pleiacantha ssp. pleiacantha.  SOUTHWESTERN PRICKLYPOPPY.  Perennial or annual.  Shown as present in northern Arizona and southeastern Arizona on FNA-3 range map, apparently in Coconino County and parts of southern Navajo and Apache counties, and northern Gila County. McDougall reports the species in Coconino and Yavapai counties at 3500-6000 feet, but does not distinguish between this and the following subspecies.

Argemone pleiacantha ssp. ambigua.  SOUTHWESTERN PRICKLYPOPPY.  Perennial or annual.  Shown as present in northern Arizona on FNA-3 range map, apparently in Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, at about 3000-5500 feet.  Slopes of Mingus Mountain, Prescott National Forest [LD].

Eschscholzia californica ssp. californica.  CALIFORNIA POPPY.  Usually perennial.  Cultivated or seeded in Mohave, Coconino, Yavapai and Gila counties, at least 3000-5000 feet [JANAS-30(2)].  Flagstaff, at ca. 7000 feet [LD].

Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana (=Eschscholzia mexicana).  CALIFORNIA POPPY.  MEXICAN GOLD POPPY.  Usually annual.  Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 4500 feet or lower [McD].  Mohave, Yavapai, and northern Gila counties, 1000-4600 feet; not in Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties [JANAS-30(2)].

Eschscholzia glyptosperma.  DESERT-POPPY.  Annual.  Mohave County at 2000 feet or lower [McD].

Eschscholzia minutiflora.  PYGMY-POPPY.  Annual.  Mohave County, 4500 feet or lower [McD].

Platystemon californicus.  CREAM-CUPS.  Annual.  Mohave and Yavapai counties, at ca. 3500 feet [McD].

This page last revised 19 July 2010.