Plants usually perennial, sometimes annual; cotyledons usually 2-lobed. Flowers: receptacular cup with spreading rim prominent. 2 n = 12.

Flowering mid winter-late summer (Feb-Sep). Grassy, open areas; to 2000 m; Calif., Nev., Oreg., Wash.; Mexico (Baja California).

PLANTS: usually perennial, mainly 2-5 dm tall; seedlings with bifid cotyledons. FLOWERS: outer rim 2-6 rom wide; sepals 1-4 cm long. NOTES: See also the parent taxon for further description. Plants of reclamation seedings or otherwise cultivated in Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yavapai cos. and to be expected in all other AZ counties: at least 900-1500 m (3000-5000 ft); Mar-Apr (fr. Apr-May); CA, NV, OR, WA; Baja C., Baja C. Sur, Mex. REFERENCES: Ownbey, Gerald B., Jeffrey W. Brasher, and Curtis Clark. 1998 Papaveraceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. 30(2): 120.