Eschscholzia parishii
Eschscholzia parishii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Papaveraceae |
Genus: | Eschscholzia |
Species: | E. parishii
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Binomial name | |
Eschscholzia parishii |
Eschscholzia parishii, with the common name Parish's poppy, is an annual desert wildflower in the Poppy family (Papaveraceae), native to several North American desert regions.
This desert species is related to the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), that's found in Mediterranean climate regions of the state.
Distribution[]
Eschscholzia parishii is native to the Mojave Desert and the Colorado Desert surrounding the Salton Sea in southern California, and southwards across the Sonoran Desert southwards along the Gulf of California to the vicinity of Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California.
External links[]
- CalFlora Database: Eschscholzia parishii (Parish's poppy)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Eschscholzia parishii[permanent dead link]
- UC Photos gallery — Eschscholzia parishii
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eschscholzia parishii. |
Categories:
- Eschscholzia
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Ranunculales stubs