Eschscholzia rhombipetala
| Eschscholzia rhombipetala | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Eschscholzia |
| Species: | E. rhombipetala
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Eschscholzia rhombipetala, the diamond-petaled California poppy, is endemic to California.
It a relative of the California poppy, with diminutive flowers.
Once thought extinct, it was rediscovered in the 1990s in the northern Carrizo Plain of the Southern Interior California Coast Ranges in San Luis Obispo County; and in a location at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Alameda County in the East San Francisco Bay Area.
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- CalFlora Database: Eschscholzia rhombipetala (diamond petaled California poppy, diamondpetal California poppy)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Eschscholzia rhombipetala
- {http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query?where-taxon=Eschscholzia+rhombipetala&where-anno=1 UC Photos gallery — Eschscholzia rhombipetala]
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Categories:
- NatureServe critically imperiled species
- Eschscholzia
- Endemic flora of California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
- Natural history of San Luis Obispo County, California
- Endemic flora of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Papaveraceae stubs