Platystigma

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Platystigma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Platystigma (Greek, broad stigma). Papaveraceae. Low slender California annuals with pale yellow fls. less than 1in. across. They are among the few plants of the poppy family with entire lvs. They are closely allied to Platystemon, but differ in having the filaments scarcely dilated, 3 stigmas instead of many, and the fr. a caps. which is 3-valved at the apex. Fls. commonly trimerous; stamens numerous, free; stigmas not confluent. Four species from Calif, and Ore. P. lineare is the only one with thick stigmas and also differs in its tufted habit, the others having leafy and branching sts. B.M. 3575, with pale yellow fls.; in B.R. 1954 it is shown with 3 white petals alternating with yellow ones. Platystigmas seem not to have been offered in Amer. By Fedde the species are referred to other genera. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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