California poppy
Eschscholzia californica Cham.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 46 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Papaveraceae
Also called California sunlight, California-poppy
Formerly Chryseis californica, Omonoia californica
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- W. & SC. U.S.A. to N. MexicoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orangeRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Czech
- sluncovka kalifornská
- Welsh
- pabi Califfornia
- German
- Goldmohn, Kalifornischer Kappenmohn, Kalifornischer Mohn
- Spanish
- amapola de California
- Finnish
- kaliforniantuliunikko, tuliunikko
- French
- Pavot de Californie
- Japanese
- ハナビシソウ
- Dutch
- Slaapmutsje
- Slovenian
- kalifornijski mak
- Swedish
- Sömntuta
- Turkish
- Kaliforniya gelinciği
- Chinese
- 花菱草
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
- 3D model: Eschscholzia californica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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