Stylomecon

Stylomecon is a genus of annual plant in the family Papaveraceae.[1] It has only one species, Stylomecon heterophylla, the windpoppy, which is native to California and north western Mexico.[2][3]

Stylomecon
Stylomecon heterophylla (wind poppy)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Papaveroideae
Tribe: Papavereae
Genus: Stylomecon
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Species:
S. heterophylla
Binomial name
Stylomecon heterophylla
G.Taylor

References

  1. By Flora Of North America Editorial Committee, ed; Morin, Convening ed. Nancy R. (1997), Flora of North America, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, p. 336, ISBN 0-19-511246-6
  2. "Stylomecon". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  3. "County Distribution_USDA".
Wind Poppy, Mount Diablo


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