PLANTS Profile for Eschscholzia californica ssp. mexicana (California poppy)

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Eschscholzia californica Cham. ssp. mexicana (Greene) C. Clark
California poppy

Symbol:

ESCAM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Papaveraceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Eschscholzia californica Cham. ssp. mexicana (Greene) C. Clark

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Eschscholzia californica Cham. ssp. mexicana (Greene) C. Clark

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Synonyms:
Eschscholzia californica Cham. ssp. mexicana (Greene) C. Clark

ESME

Eschscholzia mexicana Greene

Distribution:
Eschscholzia californica Cham. ssp. mexicana (Greene) C. Clark


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USA (AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX, UT)

Related Taxa:
Eschscholzia californica Cham. ssp. mexicana (Greene) C. Clark

View 19 genera in Papaveraceae, 11 species in Eschscholzia, 2 subspecies in Eschscholzia californica Cham.

Classification:
Eschscholzia californica Cham. ssp. mexicana (Greene) C. Clark

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Papaverales
Family	Papaveraceae – Poppy family
Genus	Eschscholzia Cham. – California poppy
Species	Eschscholzia californica Cham. – California poppy
Subspecies	Eschscholzia californica Cham. ssp. mexicana (Greene) C. Clark – California poppy

U.S. Weed Information:
Eschscholzia californica Cham. ssp. mexicana (Greene) C. Clark

Eschscholzia californica
California poppy

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SEEPPC

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

More Accounts and Images:
Eschscholzia californica Cham. ssp. mexicana (Greene) C. Clark

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524062.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 10:39 PM CDT