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Bush Poppy (Dendromecon rigida) Bush Poppy grows as a skraggily bush, typically growing 3 to 6 feet tall. Its flowers resemble a California Poppy, but the leaves are totally different, and the California Poppy grows low to the ground. You’ll most likely see this on steep, dry hillsides where the soil drains rapidly.
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Field ID Tips · Blooms February to May · 4 yellow petals. · Leaves 2” or 3” long, and less than 1” wide, ending in a point. · Leaves are slightly leathery, with a fine serration. Very different from California Poppy leaves. · Fruits very thin, 2” to 4” long.
Four yellow petals
Long leathery leaves ending in a point. Links: |
The upper-left flower has lots of
stamens, and is newly formed. The
lower-right flower is already polinated, and has lost its stamens and is
about to lose its petals. What is left
at the center of the flower will turn into a long brown fruit (see below).
Wikipedia says that once the flower is polinated, the petals fall away. The flower then forms a long brown fruit. Top of the picture is a flower with the petals still on. To its left is a flower where the petals have fallen away. Lower down are several long brown fruits, with just a bit of the old flower at their tips. |
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