3/10/17 Walker Canyon, Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, CA
3/10/17 Walker Canyon, Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, CA
3/10/17 Walker Canyon, Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, CA
3/10/17 Walker Canyon, Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, CA
3/31/01 Vernal Pool Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve,
SW Riverside County, CA
3/10/02 Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA
2/22/03 Selby Road, Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County, CA
3/6/05 Wilson Valley Road just west of junction with Hwy. 371,
Aguanga area, Riverside County, CA
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: California Poppy
COMMON NAME: California Poppy
SPECIES: Eschscholzia californica
FAMILY: Papaveraceae (Poppy Family)
FAMILY: Papaveraceae (Poppy Family)
LIFE LIST DATE: 3/31/2001
LOCATION: Vernal Pool Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA
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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):
Annual (or perennial herb from heavy taproot), erect or spreading, 5–60 cm, glabrous, sometimes glaucous
Leaf segments obtuse or acute
Flower: bud erect, acute to long-pointed, glabrous, sometimes glaucous; receptacle obconic; petals 20–60 mm, yellow, bases generally orange-spotted
Fruit 3–9 cm
Seed 1.5–1.8 mm wide, round to elliptic, net-ridged, brown to black
Ecology: Grassy, open areas
Elevation: 0–2000 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province, w East of Sierra Nevada, Mojave Desert
Distribution outside California: to s Washington, Nevada, New Mexico, nw Baja California
Flowering time: Feb–Sep
Highly variable (> 90 taxa have been described). Annual plants with entire cotyledons from DMtns have been called subsp. mexicana (Greene) C. Clark; large plants from s SNF have been called E. procera Greene, Kernville poppy. CA state flower.
Horticultural information: SUN: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21, 22, 23, 24 &IRR: 13; CVS.
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