Eschscholzia hypecoides
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Eschscholzia hypecoides is a species of poppy
known by the common name San Benito poppy.
It is endemic to California
where it is mainly limited to the coastal ranges in and around San Benito County
. It is a plant of woodlands, grassland slopes, and chaparral
. This 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. This wildflower was once considered a variety of the tufted poppy
, E. caespitosa.
Poppy
A poppy is one of a group of a flowering plants in the poppy family, many of which are grown in gardens for their colorful flowers. Poppies are sometimes used for symbolic reasons, such as in remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime....
known by the common name San Benito poppy.
It is endemic to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
where it is mainly limited to the coastal ranges in and around San Benito County
San Benito County, California
San Benito County is a county located in the Coast Range Mountains of the U.S. state of California, south of San Jose. As of 2010 the population was 55,269. The county seat is Hollister, which includes nearly two-thirds of the county's population. El Camino Real passes through the county and...
. It is a plant of woodlands, grassland slopes, and chaparral
Chaparral
Chaparral is a shrubland or heathland plant community found primarily in the U.S. state of California and in the northern portion of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico...
. This 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. This wildflower was once considered a variety of the tufted poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
Eschscholzia caespitosa is a species of poppy known by the common names tufted poppy and collarless California poppy.It is native to western North America from Oregon to Baja California where it is a member of the chaparral plant community. This is an annual herb which is quite similar in...
, E. caespitosa.