Arizona poppy facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Arizona poppy |
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Kallstroemia
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grandiflora
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Kallstroemia grandiflora, the Arizona poppy, is a summer annual herb of the deserts of the Southwestern United States, California, and northern Mexico.
Kallstroemia grandiflora has opposite, pinnately compound leaves. Large showy flowers often appear in abundance after summer monsoon rains, with bristly trichomes, stipules, and orange corollas.
Gallery
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Kallstroemia grandiflora:
the Arizona Poppy flower -
Kallstroemia grandiflora spreads out across a hillside at Rockhound State Park
See also
In Spanish: Kallstroemia grandiflora para niños
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