Eschscholzia rhombipetala

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Eschscholzia rhombipetala

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Eschscholzia
Species:
E. rhombipetala
Binomial name
Eschscholzia rhombipetala

Eschscholzia rhombipetala, the diamond-petaled California poppy, is

endemic to California
.

It a relative of the

California poppy
, with diminutive flowers.

Once thought extinct, it was rediscovered in the 1990s in the northern Carrizo Plain of the Southern Interior California Coast Ranges in San Luis Obispo County; and in a location at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Alameda County in the East San Francisco Bay Area.

References

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".

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