Species

Eschscholzia californica

Etymology

Eschscholzia: Named after the Baltic German botanist Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793-1831).
californica: of California

Common Name(s)

Californian poppy

Family

Papaveraceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

ESCCAL

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Orange,Yellow

Year Naturalised

1878

Origin

W. U.S.A.,

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010