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Encyclopedia > Dendromecon
Tree poppy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Dendromecon
Species

Dendromecon harfordii - Channel Island tree poppy
Dendromecon rigida - Bush poppy


Dendromecon, the tree poppy, is a shrub to small tree. The flowers are yellow, satiny, and shed after pollination.


Distribution

Plants of the genus Dendromecon range throughout California and Baja California.


References

  • Treatment from Jepson Manual (http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Dendromecon)
  • ITIS 18937 (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=18937)

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Dendromecon rigida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (260 words)
Dendromecon rigida, also called Bush poppy, is a shrub or small tree of the Papaveraceae native to California and Baja California.
Dendromecon rigida is a small shrub, rarely exceeding 3 m tall.
Dendromecon rigida occurs on mainland California (Pacific Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills) and northern Baja California.
Dendromecon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (157 words)
Dendromecon, the tree poppy, is a genus of one or two species of shrubs to small trees, native to California and northern Baja California.
The leaves are evergreen, alternate, lanceolate to ovate, 3-10 cm long.
Two species of Dendromecon are widely accepted, though some botanists consider them to belong to just one species, only distinct at the lower rank of subspecies:
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