<p><b>The California poppy is the California state flower</b>.
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</p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Papaveraceae&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags">Papaveraceae</a> (poppy family) » <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Eschscholziacalifornica&amp;w=91314344@N00&amp;m=tags">Eschscholzia californica</a></i> 'Ivory Castle'
</p><p><b>es-SHOLT-zee-uh</b> -- named for Dr. J F Gustav von Eschscholtz ... surgeon and botanist
<b>kal-ih-FOR-nik-uh</b> -- of or from California
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: California poppy
</p><p><b>Native to</b>: west coast of North America
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/California%20Poppy.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_poppy">Wikipedia</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://calflora.net/bloomingplants/californiapoppy.html">Calflora</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?15817">NPGS / GRIN</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.seedman.com/poppy.htm#38">Seedman</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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