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Cream Cups Poppy, Platystemon californicus

Cream Cups Poppy, Platystemon californicus. Plant Photo. Bartlett Lake, Arizona. March 09, 2009.
Cream Cups Poppy, Platystemon californicus. Plant Photo. Bartlett Lake, Arizona. March 09, 2009.
Cream Cups Poppy, Platystemon californicus. Plant Photo. Bartlett Lake, Arizona. March 09, 2009.
Cream Cups Poppy, Platystemon californicus. Flowers Photo. Bartlett Lake, Arizona. March 09, 2009.

Cream Cups, Platystemon californicus Lake Pleasant. May 1, 2003.	Cream Cups, Platystemon californicus Lake Pleasant. May 1, 2003.
Cream Cups, Platystemon californicus Bartlett Lake. March 09, 2009.	Cream Cups, Platystemon californicus Bartlett Lake. March 09, 2009.

Cream Cups Poppy Platystemon californicus, Poppy Family ( Papaveraceae ), Cream Cups Poppy. Cream cups are low, soft-pilose, many-stemmed annuals. Dicot. Height: Up To About 12 Inches Tall. Flowers: White. Flowers are solitary and terminal on long, almost leafless stems. Each flowering head has three hairy sepals and six white to cream-colored unfused petals, many stamens with flattened filaments, and a single pistil. Blooming Time: Mid March - May. Leaves: Opposite, entire, lance-linear leaves to 2" long that are mostly on the lower part of the plant. Found: Native in Arizona and California . Elevation: 800 - 3000 Feet. Habitat: Found in open grassy clay or sandy places in valley grassland, chaparral and oak woodland. Miscellaneous: Flowering Photos Taken May 1, 2003. Near Lake Pleasant. Other Plant Photos. Bartlett Lake, Arizona. March 09, 2009.