Hesperomecon linearis Calflora

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Taxon Report

Hesperomecon linearis (Benth.) Greene

Narrowleaf queen poppy

Hesperomecon linearis is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

also called Meconella linearis


	Plant Range Observation Search ~280 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Hesperomecon
Family:	Papaveraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: slopes

Communities: Northern Oak Woodland, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Hesperomecon filiformis
JEF	Meconella linearis
JEF	Platystigma linearis
POWO	Platystigma lineare
PLANTS	Platystigma linearis

Information about Hesperomecon linearis from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PLLI4) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/05/2025).