Papaveraceae
Desert golden-poppy
Eschscholzia glyptosperma
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Genus
- Eschscholzia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Desert golden-poppy, Desert poppy, Desert goldenpoppy
Synonyms
- Eschscholzia paupercula Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Larry & Teddy, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Vernon, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Vernon, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mwinog2777, 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.