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Eschscholzia californica
Eschscholzia californica (California 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 flowering in summer, with showy cup-shaped flowers in brilliant shades of red, orange and yellow (occasionally pink). It is also used as food or a garnish. It became the official state flower of California in 1903.
Dawes Arboretum
Spotted on Jun 26, 2011
Submitted on Jun 29, 2011
4 Comments
Thanks Ava. The stems of these particular flower were no more than 1 inch tall. They were very short growing flowers - like a type of ground cover. But they definitely resemble the CA poppy...
This is a CA poppy -- the leaves are right. Sometimes they lean over and lie on the ground.
Thanks Kristal...it does look like a poppy flower, however, it is low growing.... Almost laying on the ground, so I am not sure!!!
Plants in an arboretum could come from almost anywhere. This looks to me like a California poppy (Eschscholzia californica).