fire poppy
Papaver californicum
Summary 4
Papaver californicum is a species of poppy known by the common names fire poppy and western poppy. It is endemic to California, where it is found in the coastal counties south of the San Francisco Bay Area. It grows in chaparral, woodlands, and other local habitat, often in places that have recently burned. This annual herb grows a hairy to hairless stem which may exceed half a meter in height. The flower atop the mostly naked...
On Mt. D 5
While numbers of this flower were extraordinary after the 1977 fire, it is uncommon to absent in normal years. There have been a few sightings after the 2013 Morgan Fire.
This species is commonly confused with the wind poppy (Papaver heterophyllum), which is much more common but has petals with black bases.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Col Ford and Natasha de Vere, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/col_and_tasha/7357540002/
- (c) 2002 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=117783&one=T
- (c) 2005 Victoria Marshall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=167817&one=T
- Adapted by Ken-ichi Ueda from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaver_californicum
- (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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