familyPapaveraceae
genusStylomecon
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Stylomecon
J. Bot. 68: 140. 1930.
Common names: Wind-poppy
Etymology: Greek stylos, style, and mekon, poppy
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Romneya coulteri Stylomecon heterophylla Roemeria refracta | John Myers John Myers John Myers |
Herbs, annual; sap yellow, clear. Stems simple or branching, leafy. Leaves alternate, usually petiolate; blade 1-2× pinnately deeply lobed. Inflorescences axillary, 1-flowered; peduncle slender; bud drooping. Flowers: sepals 2, distinct; petals caducous, 4, obcuneate; stamens many; pistil 4-11-carpellate; ovary turbinate, 1-locular; style persistent; stigma 4-11-lobed. Fruits capsular, obovoid-ellipsoid to turbinate, ribbed, dehiscing by flaps beneath apex. Seeds many, brown or black, reniform, reticulate-rugose, aril absent. x = 28.
Distribution
Calif., nw Mexico
Discussion
Species 1 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Stylomecon"
perigynous +
absent +
lobed +
absent +
drooping +
Wind-poppy +
capsular +
ribbed +
dehiscing +
obovoid-ellipsoid;turbinate +
1-flowered +
axillary +
petiolate +
alternate +
turbinate +
slender +
perigynous +
caducous +
distinct +
absent +
obcuneate +
2 times number of sepals +
4-11-carpellate +
parietal +
J. Bot. +
1930 +
expanded +
sticky +
many +
reticulate-rugose +
reniform +
1-seeded +
caducous +
distinct +
obovate +
many +
2;many +
2;many +
4-11-lobed +
persistent +
absent +
Stylomecon +
Papaveraceae +
genus +
annual +
small +