Cream Cups (Platystemon californicus) Login         


        Description
  • CA Bloom Feb - May
  • Height to 12 inches tall.
  • Leaves are long, thin, and opposite.
  • 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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