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California Poppy ; Eschscholtzia californica ; California Indians cherished the poppy as both a source of food and for oil extracted from the plant. Also sometimes known as the flame flower, la amapola, and copa de oro (cup of gold), the poppy grows wild throughout California. It became the state flower in 1903.
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www.50states.com/flower/california.htm
www.50states.com/flower/california.htm
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An upright, compact annual or tender perennial native to California and the southwestern United States. Extremely drought tolerant, ideal for arid environments. The brilliant orange, cup-shaped flowers, are 2-4 inches in diameter, borne individually on long stalks.
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aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/wildseed/22/22.1.html
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California poppies and their relatives ... These pages are intended to provide general information about the genus, an account of the research activities of myself and my colleagues, and links to other resources about the California poppy.
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www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/poppy/
www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/poppy/
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California's Esteemed Golden Poppy. Naomi Mathews adds another installment to her State Flowers series with this article on California's Golden Poppy.... ... Research shows that the California Poppy had been first depicted more than 70 years earlier, and that it had a horticultural history of approximately 64 years.
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www.gardenguides.com/articles/californiapoppy.htm
www.gardenguides.com/articles/californiapoppy.htm
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Guide sheet: Information on how to grow California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) in your garden. ... The bright yellow-orange flowers and finely divided gray-green foliage of the California poppy look best when planted in large drifts, although it grows well even in crevices of rockeries. Flowers appear in spring and...
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www.gardenguides.com/flowers/annuals/cpoppy.htm
www.gardenguides.com/flowers/annuals/cpoppy.htm
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The California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is our state flower. It is not hard to see why. They color hillsides throughout the state for much of the Spring. Our best displays are usually to the south of the Harp Chairs, where the hills can be ablaze with Poppies and Goldfields by late April.
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www.almaden.ibm.com/almaden/environs/wildflowers/poppy....
www.almaden.ibm.com/almaden/environs/wildflowers/poppy.html
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The bright orange California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) was named for doctor-naturalist Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz (somehow the "t" in his name got dropped), who was the surgeon for the Russian expedition team that dropped anchor in San Francisco in 1815 in a bay surrounded by hills covered with...
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www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/Features/flowers/CA%20...
www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/Features/flowers/CA%20poppy/CA%20poppy.htm
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Read the latest Bulletin news report for California ... AARP CALIFORNIA ... California Golden Poppy...
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www.aarp.org/states/ca/
www.aarp.org/states/ca/
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