Bob Hobden wrote:


"bobwilliams" wrote ...

Garrapata wrote:
In article bobwilliams
wrote:

After traveling over 7,000 miles from San Diego to Tasmania, I
discovered that the California Poppy is very popular in that area.
In fact, much of the Tasmanian flora is similar or identical to that in
Southern California. I guess the climate must be similar.
Here is a keeper taken in the Botanical gardens.
Bob Williams

This isn't California Poppy
Amost all of the parts - petals, fruits, anthers and leaves are
different
The botanical illustration here shows the differences especially the
leaves and fruits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_poppy

It looks more like Papaver nudicaule - Iceland Poppy

You and Bob Hobden are the ID experts.
I just take the pics and try my best to get it right.
This sign in the garden led me to believe it was a California Poppy, but
maybe that is a local common name for the flower....A papaver.
See Below:....
Bob Williams

Interesting! The first photo is not like any Californian Poppy I've ever
seen or grown, the leaves are usually a distinct grey/green colour and
very finely divided. The leaves in the original photo look much more
like an Icelandic Poppy although in the nameplate photo they are more
like the species it says.


There was a whole bunch of poppies in the little plot where the
nameplate was placed. It is very possible that only those flowers
immediately adjacent to the nameplate were in fact California Poppies
and others in the plot were similar varieties but not the California
variety.
Bob