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Californian Poppy, Eschscholzia californica
Photographs: roadside, Co. Cork

Californian Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Family: Papaveraceae

Flowering June - September. Annual or perennial. Introduced.

Solitary golden-yellow or orange flowers on long stalks. Fruit is a many-seeded slender capsule. Blue-green leaves alternate, branched, hairless. Can be perennial in mild, frost-free areas, otherwise annual, but self seeds freely and can be persistent.

A garden escape or discard on roadsides and waste ground. Prefers disturbed, sandy, well-drained, soils in full sun. Often included in 'wild flower' mixtures

Californian Poppy, Eschscholzia californica

Californian Poppy, Eschscholzia californica
Californian Poppy, Eschscholzia californica

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