Contains 6 genera and 7 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
PAPAVERACEAE
Dicot
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Classification
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RANUNCULALES
PAPAVERACEAE
Genera
| Genus | Common Name | Taxa Count | Herbarium Specimens | Photos |
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| Argemone | PRICKLYPOPPY | 1 | ||
| Eschscholzia | 1 | |||
| Macleaya | 1 | |||
| Papaver | POPPY | 2 | ||
| Roemeria | 1 | |||
| Sanguinaria | BLOODROOT | 1 |
Identification Key
1. Leaves compound; flowers zygomorphic
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1. Leaves simple; flowers actinomorphic
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2. Corolla yellow; fruit elongate, several-seeded, dehiscent; seed with an elaiosome
2. Corolla white, pink, to purple; fruit spherical, 1-seeded, indehiscent; seed without an elaiosome
3. Leaf blades with prickles; fruit an apically 3- to 7- valvate capsule
3. Leaf blades without prickles; fruit not an apically 3- to 7- valvate capsule
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4. Plant annual, caulescent; leaf blade pinnately veined and often pinnately lobed or toothed; stigmas several from a sessile disc; fruit an apically 5- to 18-porate capsule
4. Plant perennial, rhizomatous, acaulescent; leaf blade palmately veined and palmately lobed; stigma 1, on a short style; fruit a basally 2-valvate capsule