Eschscholzia parishii (Parish's Poppy)

3/15/19 Desert Lily Sanctuary, Desert Center, Chuckwalla Valley,

E Riverside County, CA

 3/21/04 Bajada All-Access Nature Trail (south of Cottonwood Visitor Center), 

Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, CA

 4/3/11 Meccacopia Trail, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, CA

4/3/11 Shavers Valley, Riverside County, CA

4/3/11 Shavers Valley

3/13/05 Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, CA 

2/27/05 Nude Wash off Hwy. 78, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, CA 

Riverside-San Bernardino Chapter CNPS trip

2/27/05 Nude Wash, Anza Borrego 

4/13/97 A terrible shot, but it's my lifer.
 Cottonwood Spring to Mastodon Peak, Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, CA

 LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Parish's Poppy

SPECIES: Eschscholzia parishii

FAMILY: Papaveraceae (Poppy Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/13/1997

LOCATION: Cottonwood Spring to Mastodon Peak, Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Annual, erect, 5–30 cm, glabrous, bright green to yellow-green, sometimes glaucous

Leaf: segments > 1.5 mm, not widened to tip, acute

Flower: bud nodding, long-pointed, glabrous, sometimes glaucous; receptacle obconic; petals 8–30 mm, yellow

Fruit 5–7 cm

Seed 1–1.4 mm wide, generally round, net-ridged, tan to brown

Ecology: Desert slopes, hillsides

Elevation: 0–1200 m.  

Bioregional distribution: s Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert 

Distribution outside California: nw Mexico

Flowering time: Mar–Apr

Horticultural information: TRY.