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Eschscholzia californica

Family Papaveraceae

Species Profile

Species classification	Naturalised
Common names	California Golden Poppy, California Goldenpoppy, California Poppy, California Sunlight, Californian Poppy, Cup of Gold, Golden Poppy
Synonyms	Chelidonium multifidum Moc. & Sessé ex DC.; Chryseis caespitosa Torr. & A.Gray; Chryseis californica (Cham.) Lindl.; Chryseis compacta Lindl.; Chryseis crocea Lindl.; Chryseis douglasii Hook. & Arn. ex Torr. & A.Gray; Chryseis hypecoides Torr. & A.Gray; Chryseis tenuifolia Torr. & A.Gray; Eschscholtzia californica Cham.; Eschscholzia absinthiifolia Greene; Eschscholzia ambigua Greene; Eschscholzia angularis Greene; Eschscholzia apiculata Greene; Eschscholzia benedicta Greene; Eschscholzia bernardina Greene; Eschscholzia bernardina var. coarctata Fedde; Eschscholzia biolettii Greene; Eschscholzia brandegeei Greene; Eschscholzia californica var. ambigua (Greene) Jeps.; Eschscholzia californica var. californica; Eschscholzia californica var. compacta (Lindl.) Jeps.; Eschscholzia californica var. crocea (Benth.) Jeps.; Eschscholzia californica var. douglasii (Hook. & Arn. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Jeps.; Eschscholzia californica var. luxurians Fedde; Eschscholzia californica var. maritima (Greene) Jeps.; Eschscholzia californica var. peninsularis (Greene) Munz; Eschscholzia californica var. stricta (Greene) Jeps.; Eschscholzia calosperma Greene; Eschscholzia chartacea Fedde; Eschscholzia clevelandi Greene; Eschscholzia cognata Greene; Eschscholzia columbiana Greene; Eschscholzia compacta (Lindl.) Walp.; Eschscholzia confinis Greene; Eschscholzia crocea Benth.; Eschscholzia crocea var. apiifolia Greene; Eschscholzia crocea var. longissima Greene; Eschscholzia crocea var. sanctarum (Greene) Fedde; Eschscholzia cucullata Greene; Eschscholzia cyathifera Greene; Eschscholzia debilis Greene; Eschscholzia diversiloba Greene; Eschscholzia douglasii (Hook. & Arn. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Walp.; Eschscholzia douglasii Benth. [Illegitimate]; Eschscholzia douglasii Hook. & Arn.; Eschscholzia eastwoodiae Greene; Eschscholzia floribunda Greene; Eschscholzia floribunda var. gorgonica Greene; Eschscholzia floribunda var. gracillima Fedde; Eschscholzia glauca Greene; Eschscholzia granulata Greene; Eschscholzia granulata var. minuscula Fedde; Eschscholzia helleriana Greene; Eschscholzia helleriana var. tilingii Fedde; Eschscholzia inflata Greene; Eschscholzia isostigma Greene; Eschscholzia juncea Greene; Eschscholzia lacera Greene; Eschscholzia leptandra Greene; Eschscholzia leptomitra Greene; Eschscholzia leucosticta Greene; Eschscholzia macrantha Greene; Eschscholzia marcida Greene; Eschscholzia marcida var. monticola Greene; Eschscholzia maritima Greene; Eschscholzia menziesiana Greene; Eschscholzia menziesiana var. anemophila Greene; Eschscholzia menziesiana var. coarctata Fedde; Eschscholzia menziesiana var. nesiaca Fedde; Eschscholzia menziesiana var. recedens Greene; Eschscholzia microloba Greene; Eschscholzia nitrophila Greene; Eschscholzia oregana Greene; Eschscholzia peninsularis Greene; Eschscholzia physodes Greene; Eschscholzia picta Greene; Eschscholzia pseudoinflata Fedde; Eschscholzia recta Greene; Eschscholzia revoluta Greene; Eschscholzia revoluta var. caudatocalyx Fedde; Eschscholzia rigida Greene; Eschscholzia robusta Greene; Eschscholzia rosea auct.; Eschscholzia sanctarum Greene; Eschscholzia scariosa Greene; Eschscholzia scariosa var. dichasiophora Fedde; Eschscholzia setchellii Fedde; Eschscholzia shastensis Greene; Eschscholzia straminea Greene; Eschscholzia stricta Greene; Eschscholzia tenuisecta Greene; Eschscholzia thermophila Greene; Eschscholzia tristis Fedde; Eschscholzia vernalis Greene; Eschscholzia xylorrhiza Greene; Eschscholzia yainacensis Greene; Eschscholzia yainacensis var. modocensis Fedde
Longevity	Annual
Growth form	Herb
Seed dispersal morphology	Ballistic, Hydrochorous (buoyant seed)
Maximum height (m)	0.5
Capable of vegetative reproduction	No
Native range	North America, Europe
Exotic range (Australia)	WA, SA, QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS
Exotic range (other)	Asia, Pacific Ocean Islands, North America
Habitat types (exotic)	Garden escape, Wastelands, Roadsides, Bushland
Soil type (exotic)	Sandy, Loamy
Decade of introduction	1920