Dendromecon harfordii
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Dendromecon harfordii is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family
known by the common names Channel Islands tree poppy and Harford's tree poppy. It is sometimes treated as subspecies harfordii of its relative, Dendromecon rigida
. It is endemic to the Channel Islands of California
. This is a shrub
or small tree reaching heights between 2 and 6 meters. It has thin branching stems covered sparsely in smooth-edged, oval-shaped leaves 3 to 8 centimeters long. It bears showy flowers with four bright yellow petals each 2 or 3 centimeters long. The fruit is a curved, cylindrical capsule over 7 centimeters in length.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae, informally known as the poppy family, are an economically important family of 44 genera and approximately 770 species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales. The family is cosmopolitan, occurring in temperate and subtropical climates, but almost unknown in the tropics...
known by the common names Channel Islands tree poppy and Harford's tree poppy. It is sometimes treated as subspecies harfordii of its relative, Dendromecon rigida
Dendromecon rigida
Dendromecon rigida, also called bush poppy or tree poppy, is a shrub or small tree of the Papaveraceae native to California and Baja California.-Description:...
. It is endemic to the Channel Islands of California
Channel Islands of California
The Channel Islands of California are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California along the Santa Barbara Channel in the United States of America...
. This is a shrub
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...
or small tree reaching heights between 2 and 6 meters. It has thin branching stems covered sparsely in smooth-edged, oval-shaped leaves 3 to 8 centimeters long. It bears showy flowers with four bright yellow petals each 2 or 3 centimeters long. The fruit is a curved, cylindrical capsule over 7 centimeters in length.