Eschscholzia rhombipetala, the diamond-petaled California poppy, is endemic to California.
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 |
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
editExternal links
edit- 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]