Dendromecon

Dendromecon, the tree poppy, is a genus of one or two species of shrubs to small trees, native to California and northern Baja California.

Dendromecon
Watercolor painting of Dendromecon rigida by Mary Vaux Walcott
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Subfamily:	Papaveroideae
Tribe:	Eschscholzieae
Genus:	Dendromecon Benth.
Species
Dendromecon rigida Dendromecon harfordii

The leaves are evergreen, alternate, lanceolate to ovate, 3–10 cm long. The flowers are yellow, satiny, and shed after pollination.

Species

Two species of Dendromecon are widely accepted, though some botanists consider them to belong to just one species, only distinct at the lower rank of subspecies:

Image	Name	Description	Distribution
	Dendromecon harfordii (syn. D. rigida subsp. harfordii) Channel Island tree poppy	A larger plant, occasionally becoming a small tree to 6 metres (20 ft) tall; leaves broad, less than three times as long as broad.	Endemic to the Channel Islands of California.
	Dendromecon rigida - bush poppy	A smaller plant, rarely exceeding 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall; leaves narrow, more than three times as long as broad.	Occurring on mainland California (Pacific Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills) and northern Baja California.

References

• Flora of North America: Dendromecon
• Jepson Manual Treatment - Dendromecon

External links

• Media related to Dendromecon at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Dendromecon at Wikispecies