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Cream Cups (Platystemon californicus)
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Flower
Yellow
White
3 or 6 Petals
5 Petals
Many Petals
Alternate
Whorled
Basal
Typical Height
Annual
Native
Description
CA Bloom Feb - May
Height to 12".
Leaves are long, thin, and arranged alternately and in whorls.
Found in open grasslands and rocky areas, often on serpentine.
CA native
AKA Creamcups
Poppy Family (Papaveraceae)
Flowers have 4-10 yellow petals, often showing a creamy white at the tips and/or in the center.
Cream Cups has different numbers of petals and many
stamens
.
Single flowers grow at the tops of stems that branch from the plant base. Leaves are narrow and concentrated on the lower halves of the stems.
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