Pronunciation: esh-SHOLE-tzee-a glip-toe-SPER-ma
Common name: Desert gold poppy
Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy)
Habitat: Desert washes, open flats and slopes below
5000', creosote bush scrub, joshua tree woodland,
Mojave Desert
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eschscholzia
2) glyptosperma