Eschscholzia rhombipetala

Eschscholzia rhombipetala

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Eschscholzia
Species:
E. rhombipetala
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.

Description

The species is 2–12 in (5.1–30.5 cm) tall and has yellow flowers.[2]

References

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. ^ Calscape. "Diamond-petaled California Poppy". calscape.org. Retrieved 2024-11-06.


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