Hesperomecon

Greene

Pittonia 5: 146. 1903.

Etymology: Greek hesperos, evening or western, and mecon, poppy
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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FNA03 P64 Hesperomecon Meconella Platystemon pg 338.jpegPlatystemon californicus
Hesperomecon linearis
Meconella californica
John Myers
John Myers
John Myers

Herbs annual, short-caulescent, subscapose, distinctly pubescent, from fibrous-roots; sap clear. Stems leafy at and near base, erect, branching from base. Leaves opposite, sessile; blade broadly linear, unlobed. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, 1-flowered; bracts absent; bud nodding. Flowers: sepals 3, with overlapping, loosely connivent flaps; petals 6, occasionally more on robust specimens; stamens 12 or more, usually in several series; filaments dilated distally; pistil 3-carpellate; ovary 1-locular; stigmas 3. Capsules erect, 3-valved, dehiscing from apex. Seeds many, aril absent. x = 7.

Discussion

Species 1 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

... more about "Hesperomecon"
Gary L. Hannan +
Greene +
palmate +  and subpalmate +
unlobed +
Greek hesperos, evening or western, and mecon, poppy +
connivent +  and overlapping +
sessile +, pedicellate +  and symmetric +
transverse +, poricidal +, valvate +  and dehiscence +
paniculate +  and racemose +
terminal +  and axillary +
cauline +  and basal +
1-2-locular or +  and incompletely completely multilocular +
distinct +
obovate +
2 times number of sepals +
carunculate +  and arillate +
list +  and count +
obovate +
decumbent +, spreading +  and erect +
Hesperomecon +
Papaveraceae +
subscapose +  and short-caulescent +