Eschscholzia californica Cham., 1820

Common names

🇬🇧 Californian Poppy
🇫🇷 Pavot de Californie, Eschscholzie de Californie

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Papaveroideae
Tribe: Eschscholzieae
Genus: Eschscholzia
Species: Eschscholzia californica

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

E. californica subsp. californica Cham., 1820, I;
E. californica subsp. mexicana (Greene) C.Clark, 1979.

Photographs

img/eschscholzia-californica.webp — Eschscholzia californica

img/eschscholzia-californica-2.webp — Eschscholzia californica

img/eschscholzia-californica-5.webp — Eschscholzia californica

img/eschscholzia-californica-6.webp — Eschscholzia californica

img/eschscholzia-californica-7.webp — Eschscholzia californica

img/eschscholzia-californica-3.webp — Eschscholzia californica

img/eschscholzia-californica-4.webp — Eschscholzia californica - Flower bud

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 874). Biotope.