Papaveraceae

Tree poppy

Dendromecon rigida Benth.

Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Dendromecon

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Tree poppy: Dendromecon rigida — Bush poppy. California native plant species. In the Voorhis Ecological Reserve , at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Po — Photo: Curtis Clark, or Cal Poly Pomona., CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 罂粟木
English: Tree poppy

Synonyms

Dendromecon agnina Greene
Dendromecon bolanderi Fedde
Dendromecon brandegeei Fedde
Dendromecon caesia Greene
Dendromecon caudata Greene
Dendromecon densifolia Greene
Dendromecon elliptica Greene
Dendromecon fastigiata Greene
Dendromecon flexilis Greene
Dendromecon herbacea Greene
Dendromecon leiophylla Greene
Dendromecon myrtifolia Fedde
Dendromecon pallida Greene
Dendromecon piercei M.E.Jones
Dendromecon pumila Greene
Dendromecon quercetorum Greene
Dendromecon rigida subsp. rigida
Dendromecon saligna Greene

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Curtis Clark, or Cal Poly Pomona., CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.