Species

Eschscholzia californica (California poppy)

Eschscholzia californica. Photo: (c) John Barkla, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Eschscholzia californica (California poppy, Californian poppy, golden poppy, California sunlight, cup of gold) is a species of flowering plant in the Papaveraceae family, native to the United States and Mexico. It is an ornamental plant and it is used medicinally and in cooking, and it became the official state flower of California in 1903.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Ranunculales (Buttercups, poppies, and allies)
        Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
        Subfamily: Papaveroideae
        Tribe: Eschscholzieae
        Genus: Eschscholzia (Desert poppies)
        Species: Eschscholzia californica (California poppy)

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