Pronunciation: esh-SHOLE-tzee-a sees-pi-TOE-sa
Common name: Tufted poppy
Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy)
Habitat: Open chaparral, dry flats and brushy slopes, valley grassland and foothill woodland to 3500'
Blooming period: March to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eschscholzia
2) caespitosa