Eschscholzia Cham.
Annual to perennial herbs with watery sap. Lvs dissected, glabrous, glaucous; segments linear. Fls solitary or in lax leafy cymes. Sepals 2, entire, not horned, joined in the bud to form a hood pushed off by the opening petals. Petals 4, not crumpled in bud, orange to yellow, sometimes white or red. Stigma with 4-6 long spreading lobes; style very short. Capsule linear, 1-celled, opening from below by 2 valves which separate from the placentae. Seeds ellipsoid or circular, without aril.
c. 10 spp., W. North America. Naturalised sp. 1.
