| Scientific Name: | Eschscholzia californica |
| Common Name: | California poppy |
| Family Name: | Papaveraceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open, Upright |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like, Vase |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Filler, Green roof technology, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Dissected, Basal, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Obovate, Ovate, Incised |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Orange, Yellow, Violet, Purple, Pink, Red, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Habit upright becoming mat-like; leaves basal, blades ovate-obovate, most 3-12cm long x 3-8cm wide, deeply and finely dissected with a lacy-look, bluish green then brown after flowering; petioles 6-14cm long; flowers 4-5(-7)cm wide, most with 4 overlapping petals, commonly bright orange (also white, yellow-orange-pink-red-purple cvs, - some with extra petals), petals close together in rain or at night. | |