Pronunciation: esh-SHOLE-tzee-a PARE-ish-ee-eye
Common name: Parish's poppy
Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy)
Habitat: Dry rocky slopes to 4000', mostly creosote
bush scrub, southern Mojave and Colorado Deserts,
Anza-Borrego State Park
Blooming period: March to April
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eschscholzia
2) parishii