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Shirley Poppy, Corn Poppy or Flanders Field Poppy Papaver rhoeas |
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California Poppy Eschscholzia californica |
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Common Name: Poppies
Scientific Name: Papaver
Family Name: Papaveraceae
Along Interstate 26
North Carolina
April 29, 2002
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Shirley Poppy, Corn Poppy or Flanders Field Poppy Papaver rhoeas |
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California Poppy Eschscholzia californica |
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These flowers are planted by the North Carolina Department of Transportation with their "Highway Beautification" program. Seed count is 3,200,000 per pound and spread at two pounds per acre. For more information about the Highway Beautification program, visit their web site at:
http://www.doh.dot.state.nc.us/operations/dp_chief_eng/roadside/wildflowerbook/
Papaver rhoeas: Slender, branching, hairy-stemmed plant 2-5 feet high. Short, irregularly divided leaves; single or double flowers 2 inches or wider in red, pink, white, orange, scarlet, salmon, bicolors. Selections bearing single scarlet flowers with a black base are sold as "American Legion" or "Flanders Field." Angels' Choir strain offers double flowers in a wide range of colors on 2 to 2-1/2-feet stems. April to July [Bender, Steve, Southern Living Garden Book, The. Oxmoor House, Inc., Book Division of Southern Progress Corporation, Birmingham, 1998]
Eschscholzie californica: Note the flangelike double-rimmed flower peduncle. Shiny golden-orange bowl-shaped flowers also vary to yellow, cream, or red. The lacy leaves re bluish. State flower of California. Spring to Summer [NiehausTheodore F., The Peterson Field Guide Series: A Field Guide to Pacific States Wildflowers: Washington, Oregon, California and adjacent areas. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976]
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Alphabetical Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Family Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
