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California Poppy

California Golden Poppy... one of the more perfect ones in my garden. I like panning for gold, photographically speaking.

Golden Poppy, official California State Flower, March 12, 2008, Pasadena, California. Taken in my garden. View Golden Poppies set... www.flickr.com/photos/webnet/sets/72157623612309749/ California Indians cherished the poppy as both a source of food and for oil extracted from the plant. Its botanical name, Eschsholtzia californica, was given by Adelbert Von Chamisso, a naturalist and member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, who dropped anchor in San Francisco in 1816 in a bay surrounded…

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I shot these Mexican poppies at Peridot Mesa near Globe, AZ and I gotta say...if you're looking for poppies, it's the place to be right now. The mesa is just carpeted with em! I got down and dirty with this shot as the camera was mounted on my tripod just a few inches from both the ground and the nearest poppy. I then fired off two quick shots for a focus blend...after waiting forever for a sufficient lull in the breeze!

California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica). Photographed at Mt. Diablo State Park near Walnut Creek, California.

California Poppies

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Gorman, Ca

The California poppy, golden poppy, California sunlight, or cup of gold, is a drought-tolerant, self-seeding plant which is easy to grow in gardens, and is the official state flower of California. The petals close at night or in cold, windy weather, and open again the following morning. California poppy leaves were used medicinally by Native Americans, the pollen was used cosmetically, and the seeds are used in cooking!

Evidence of the wonderfulness of Monsoon weather -- Arizona Golden Poppies along the roadside between Sedona and Cottonwood. — in Sedona, Arizona.