Papaveraceae

Tufted poppy

Eschscholzia caespitosa Benth.

Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Eschscholzia

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Tufted poppy: Eschscholzia caespitosa (tufted poppy, collarless California poppy), in the Sierra Nevada foothills, chaparral and oak woodland grasslands habitat, central Cali — Photo: Curtis Clark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Azerbaijani: Çimli eşşolsiya
English: Tufted poppy
Estonian: Tihe läänemagun
Swedish: Tuvad sömntuta

Synonyms

Eschscholzia austinae Greene
Eschscholzia bakeri Greene
Eschscholzia biternata Greene
Eschscholzia caespitosa subsp. caespitosa
Eschscholzia caespitosa var. caespitosa
Eschscholzia californica var. tenuifolia (Benth.) Curran
Eschscholzia caruifolia Greene
Eschscholzia caruifolia var. cyathifera Fedde
Eschscholzia cruciata Greene
Eschscholzia dolichocarpa Eastw.
Eschscholzia douglasii var. tenuifolia (Benth.) Torr.
Eschscholzia dumetorum Greene
Eschscholzia elmeri Greene
Eschscholzia flaccida Fedde
Eschscholzia formosa Greene
Eschscholzia formosa var. urocalyx Fedde
Eschscholzia incisa Greene
Eschscholzia pseudalcicornis Fedde
Eschscholzia rostellata Greene
Eschscholzia tenuifolia Benth.
Eschscholzia tenuissima Greene

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Curtis Clark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: EriaWei, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.