Sentence examples for tree poppy from inspiring English sources

Tree poppy, also called bush poppy, (Dendromecon rigida; the genus name is Greek for "tree poppy"), a bush or small tree of the poppy family (Papaveraceae), native to chaparral areas of southern California and northwestern Mexico.

Tree poppy (Dendromecon), however, is found in the dry California chaparral; Melica and Centaurea species, in arid Mediterranean regions.

The variety known as island tree poppy (D. rigida harfordii), from islands off the southern California coast, reaches a height of 6 m.

Other genera of the Papaveraceae distinguished for their ornamental species include: Meconopsis; Eschscholzia (California poppy); Hunnemannia (golden cup); Dendromecon (tree poppy); Stylophorum; Chelidonium (celandine); Sanguinaria (bloodroot); Platystemon (creamcups); Romneya coulteri (Matilija poppy); Macleaya (plumed poppy); Stylomecon (wind poppy); Bocconia; and Eomecon (snow poppy).

The tree poppy ranges from 0.5 to 3 m (about 2 to 10 feet) in height and displays deep, butter-yellow, four- or six-petaled blooms measuring 4 to 5 cm (1.5 to 2 inches) across, with many stamens and a two-lobed stigma.

Some plants, like tree poppies, depend on native ants for seed dispersal.

Saplings sprout into trees, poppies bloom.

Where smack grows on trees... Poppy field photo by Paul Kooi, dope bag scans courtesy of Pedro Mandu-GeLizart and Liza Vadnai.

Larger than bacteria are other autopoietic systems of intermediate size such as protists, fungal spores, mules and other individual mammals, and plants such as oak trees or poppies.

Nouns were easier, for they came with associations: "Trees, clouds, poppies, that flower" -- she pointed to a yellow one with open petals -- "isn't any particular flower, but poppies are.

Virtually all drugs at the time came from plants, like quinine from South American tree bark, opium from poppies and turpentine from tree resin.