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Eschscholzia parishii
Also called Goldpoppy
Parish's poppy is a small annual wildflower from the deserts of southern California and northwestern Mexico, related to the California poppy. It needs full sun and well-drained soil, and it is best sown directly where it is to grow.
Eschscholzia parishii, with the common name Parish's poppy, is an annual desert wildflower in the Poppy family (Papaveraceae), native to several North American desert regions.
This desert species is related to the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), that's found in Mediterranean climate regions of the state.
Eschscholzia parishii is native to the Mojave Desert and the Colorado Desert surrounding the Salton Sea in southern California, and southwards across the Sonoran Desert southwards along the Gulf of California to the vicinity of Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California.
Joshua Tree Poppy · Tufted poppy · California poppy · Eschscholzia elegans · Desert poppy · San Benito poppy · Lemmon's poppy · Fryingpans · Pygmy poppy · Eschscholzia palmeri · Cryptic Desert Poppy · Channel Island poppy
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eschscholzia parishii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
