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Hunnemannia fumariifolia

Sweet (1828)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Ranunculopsida Order: Ranunculales Family: Papaveraceae Genus: Hunnemannia

golden cup, Mexican tulip poppy

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect perennial herbs 5–6 dm tall, colorless sap.

Stems: Becoming somewhat woody at base, stems glaucous, branched, forming bushy clumps.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades ternately cleft into numerous linear–elliptic lobes, ca. 6–17 cm long, the lobes 2–5 mm wide. Surfaces glaucous. Margins highly dissected. Long-petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary, terminal. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx of 2 sepals; sepals caducous. Petals dark yellow, broadly obovate to suborbicular, distinct, 3–4.5 cm long, the fifth petal, when present, ca. 2 cm long. Stamens ca. 70, orange; filaments filiform; anthers dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, oblong–elliptic, longitudinally 10–ribbed; stigma peltate, subsessile.

Fruit: Capsules cylindrical; ca. 9–10 cm long; dehiscing by 2 valves from base upward. Seeds numerous; subglobose; rugose; endosperm oily.

Ploidy: 2n = 28; 56

Habitat: Remnant dry woodland.

Elevation Range: 550–575 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • 550-575 m
  • Degener (1936a) states that seed of this species was sown on a grave near the end of 'Ulupalakua Road in 1920 and by 1922 the plant had begun to spread; this represents the first known introduction.-Plate 143.
  • Description digitized by Dylan Charter
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii

Bibliography

Name Published In: Brit. Fl. Gard. 3: t. 276 (1828)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1007 (EM); Parker & Parsons 2012a:60 (H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet east maui, hana, kanoi Roadside in `a`a lava flow with Opuntia, Lantana, & Chenopodium PRESERVED_SPECIMEN woolford, h.a. collector number: s.n. Maui BISH 12/27/1955
2 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet east maui, 2.7 mi e of ulupalakua ranch on piilani hwy (31) Metrosideros, Psychotria mariniana, Antidesma platyphyllum, Dianella sandwicensis, Tetraplasandra oahuensis, Freycinetia arborea, Diplazium sandwichianum, Microlepa strigosa, Sadleria PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wagner, w.l. mill, s.w. collector number: 4777 Kauai BISH 1/14/1983
3 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet east maui, auwahi, along pi`ilani highway Growing in bare rocky area in open Prosopis scrub with Heteropogon contortus. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kahoolawe BISH
4 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet s bound road near manuka state park, s kona Growing on both sides of road, rocky substrate, near Macadamia nut orchard. Associates: Schinus terebinthifolius, Metrosideros polymorpha, Cordyline fruticosa, Aleurites moluccana. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN parker, j. parsons, r. collector number: bied 100 Hawaii BISH 10/19/2009
5 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet Along Piilani Hwy, near Ulupalakua PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 1984 Maui BISH 7/9/1971
6 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet in arid region near end of ululpalakua rd PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 8628 Maui BISH 6/23/1927
7 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet honolulu, florist store PRESERVED_SPECIMEN suehiro, a. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 8/7/1939
8 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet east maui, south coast rd., near nuu landing PRESERVED_SPECIMEN krauss, n.l.h. collector number: 616 Maui BISH 1/7/1961
9 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet east maui, auwahi along pi`ilani highway PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Maui US
10 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet MAUI: E. Maui, Makawao District, Kanaio. Growing near highway in remnant dry forest on `a`a. Vegetation: Erythrina sandwicensis, Reynoldsia sandwicensis, Diospyros sandwicensis, Nothocestrum latifolium, Dodonaea viscosa, Wikstroemia monticola, Leucaena leucocephala, Nicotiana glauca, Lantana camara, Malva parviflora, Neonotonia wightii. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H110020 Maui PTBG 11/24/2000
11 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet Along Piilani Highway near Ulupalakua. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Derral Herbst 1984 Maui PTBG 7/9/1971
12 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. carlquist 2392 Maui US
13 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet East Maui, 2.7 mi E of Ulupalakua Ranch on Piilani Hwy (31) On `a`a lava flow dominated by Wikstroemia, Reynoldsia, Leucaena, Lantana, and Myoporum (occasional). PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W.L. 4777 Maui BISH 1/14/1983
14 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet Honolulu, florist store PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Suehiro, A. s.n. Oahu BISH 8/7/1939
15 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet in arid region near end of ululpalakua rd. first seen in 1922. told it had been planted a few years before on a grave in the vicinity PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 8628 Maui BISH 6/23/1927
16 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet In arid region near end of Ululpalakua Rd PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 8628 Maui BISH 6/23/1927
17 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet S bound road near Manuka State Park, S Kona Growing on both sides of road, rocky substrate, near Macadamia nut orchard. Associates: Schinus terebinthifolius, Metrosideros polymorpha, Cordyline fruticosa, Aleurites moluccana. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Parker, J. BIED 100 Hawaii BISH 10/19/2009
18 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet along piilani hwy, near ulupalakua PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 1984 Kauai BISH 7/9/1971
19 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet In arid region near end of Ululpalakua Rd. First seen in 1922. Told it had been planted a few years before on a grave in the vicinity PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 8628 Maui BISH 6/23/1927
20 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet e of ulupalakua PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 831 Hawaii BISH 12/30/1967
21 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet E of Ulupalakua Common on `a`a flows PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 831 Maui BISH 12/30/1967
22 Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet East Maui, South Coast Rd., near Nuu Landing PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Krauss, N.L.H. 616 Maui BISH 1/7/1961
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