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click for enlargement		Photo ID: 9092 3191 3542 0123 Current Taxon: Arctomecon californica Photographer: Mrs. Merrel (Alice) Ackley Date of photo: 1968-04-01 Photographer's ID: Arctomecon merriamii Photo Submitted: 1999-11-04 Annotation: 1 annotation Photo ©1999 California Academy of Sciences

Annotation History

Date	Name	Action	Plant Name Before Changes	Plant Name Changed to
Date	Annotation Notes
02/12/2001	James Morefield	taxon changed	Arctomecon merriamii (poppy)	Arctomecon californica
02/12/2001	A. merriamii has white flowers, A. californica has yellow flowers with umbellately branched inflorescences and about 6 petals. Location most likely Clark County, Nevada, possibly Mohave County, Arizona. The epithet "californica" was assigned when Las Vegas was part of the Mexican territory of California; A. californica has never been found in the modern State of California.

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