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Mojave Poppy
Eschscholzia glyptosperma
Eschscholzia glyptosperma is a species of poppy known by the common names desert gold poppy, desert golden poppy, and Mojave poppy.
It is native to the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Deserts of the Southwestern United States, in California, southern Nevada, western Arizona, and southwestern Utah. It is found in desert washes, flats, and slopes, at elevations of 30–1,600 metres (98–5,249 ft).
From the article Eschscholzia glyptosperma on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Eschscholzia glyptosperma is an annual herb growing from a basal patch of leaves divided into pointed segments. It produces erect stems up to about 25 centimeters (10 in) in height, each bearing a single flower. The poppy flower is bright yellow, with petals one to two and a half centimeters long. It blooms from March to May. The fruit is a capsule 4 to 7 centimeters long filled with tiny rounded brown seeds.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 77083.