Arizona Summer Poppy
Kallstroemia grandiflora
This specimen was photographed at the Gilber Water Ranch on 4 Sept 2006. The image has been uploaded in high resolution to Wikimedia
ANNUAL HERB: Appears quickly after summer rains commence and begins
flowering after a few weeks. The plants ramble weakly across the ground forming
mounds of flowers. Check the vast fields in the photo at
Firefly Forest.
LEAVES: Dark green, compound leaves with an even number of leaflets are
alternate on the stems. Stems are covered with stiff, bristly hairs.
RANGE: Upper Sonoran Desert particularly along the southern edge where
the summer rains are more predictable. Texas to California.
FLOWERS: Bright orange, five-petalled with ten stames. July to Sept.