Plant Fact Sheet: Summer Poppy |
Identifying Features The flowers of the summer poppy (Kallstroemia grandiflora) grow up to 2.5 inch wide and have 5 petals with dark orange bases and veins. In some of their growing areas the flowers are pink instead of orange. The leaves are opposite and compound with paired, oval leaflets. The stems are hairy. |
Habitat These flowers are especially noticeable along roadsides during the summer. They are found in sandy soils in washes, slopes, hillsides and grasslands. |
Range Summer poppies can be found growing in both the Sonoran Desert and the Chihuahuan Desert. |
Life Span Summer poppies are annual plants. This means that they germinate, flower, and die within one year. |
Size They can grow to be 3 feet (91 cm) tall. |
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