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Rare White California Or Mexican Gold Poppy
(Eschscholzia Californica Cham. Ssp. Californica).
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| Patch Of California Poppy. Eschscholzia Californica Flowers. Bartlett Lake, Arizona. 1/4 Mile North Of Rattlesnake Cove. March 04, 2009. |
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| This Is The California Poppy. Eschscholzia Californica: Note It Is Solid Gold. |
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| This Is The Mexican Gold Poppy. Eschscholzia mexicana: Note It Is More Gold In The Center. |
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| This Is The Rare White Mutant, California Or Mexican Poppy. (Eschscholzia Californica Cham. Ssp. Californica). Bartlett Lake 1/4 Mile North Of Rattlesnake Cove. March 04, 2009. |
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| The California Poppy, Eschscholzia Californica & The Rare White Mutant, California Poppy. (Eschscholzia Californica Cham. Ssp. Californica). Found Growing Together. |
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| This Is The Rare White Mutant. California Or Mexican Poppy. (Eschscholzia Californica Cham. Ssp. Californica). |
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| Rare White Mutant. California Or Mexican Poppy. (Eschscholzia Californica Cham. Ssp. Californica) Sometimes It Has A Light Pink Color |
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| Rare White Mutant, California Or Mexican Poppy. (Eschscholzia Californica Cham. Ssp. Californica). Sometimes It Has A Light Pink Color |
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| Rare White Mutant. California Or Mexican Poppy. (Eschscholzia Californica Cham. Ssp. Californica). Sometimes It Has A Light Pink Color |
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| Rare White Mutant. California Or Mexican Poppy. (Eschscholzia Californica Cham. Ssp. Californica). Sometimes It Has A Light Pink Color |
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| Mexican Gold Poppy. Eschscholzia mexicana | Mexican Gold Poppy. Eschscholzia mexicana |
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| Rare White. Desert Gold Poppy | Rare White. Amapola del Campo |
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Rare White California Or Mexican Gold Poppy.
We wish to thank Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for some of the information on this page. We share images and information with Wikipedia. It appears that a mutation has occured to the California Or Mexican Gold Poppy that is common to Arizona. There is also a new cultivated variety called "White Linen" California Poppy ( Eschscholzia californica white linen ). It is thought that the 'White Linen" is not the same as the Mutant Variety found on the remote Arizona deserts. For some reason there are a lot of the Mutants being found during March of 2009 at Bartlett Lake, Arizona. The mutation in these photos have yellow to gold pollen. Some of the Bartlett Lake mutations have a pinkish color to the petals. Some have a slight gold color to the petals edges. Another mutation is noted in the literature. It was found in California and it has both white pollen and white petals.
Quick Notes:
Height: Up To About 16 Inches Tall.
Flowers: White color. Cup-shaped flowers, with 4 petals up to 1.5" in diameter. Followed by a long slender seed capsule.
Flowering Time: Mid March - May.
Leaves: Finely divided blue - green, (fern-like) to 2.5" long. Divided into narrow segments, on long stalks at the stem joints.
Found: Native in Arizona and California. It's habitat is the desert environs, where it occupies open, sandy soils to rocky flats, bajadas, roadsides, and playas. Commonly seen at disturbed, bare greound, such as new roadsides.
Hardiness:
Soil pH requirements:
Sun Exposure:
Elevation: 0 to 5,000 Feet.
Habitat: Sandy desert soils, hot, sunny areas, good drainage.
Miscellaneous: Flowering Photos Taken April 29, 2003. Near Lake Pleasant. Rare White California Or Mexican Gold Poppy Photos Bartlett Lake, Arizona, March 04, 2009.
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