Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Eschscholzia californica
Common name
California Poppy, Californian Poppy, Golden Poppy, California Sunlight, Cup of Gold
Family
Papaveraceae
Where found
Urban bushland, open areas, roadsides, and stream banks and stream beds. Mainly ACT, the mountains to the west, and Kosciuszko National Park. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced annual herb to about 0.6 m high. Stems glaucous, hairless. Leaves in a rosette at the base and alternating up the stems; 2–15 cm long, 20-100 mm wide, deeply dissected and dissected again, the final segments linear, 0.5–4 mm wide. Flowers with 4 petals each 10–60 mm long, yellow to orange, occasionally red, often darker near the base, soon falling. Flowers spring – autumn.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eschscholzia~californica (accessed 14 January, 2021)
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