Eschscholzia rhombipetala
Eschscholzia rhombipetala | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Papaveraceae |
Genus: | Eschscholzia |
Species: | E. rhombipetala
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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
External links
- CalFlora Database: Eschscholzia rhombipetala (diamond petaled California poppy, diamondpetal California poppy)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Eschscholzia rhombipetala
- {http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query?where-taxon=Eschscholzia+rhombipetala&where-anno=1 UC Photos gallery — Eschscholzia rhombipetala]