Eschscholzia ramosa

Island poppy, Island Poppy

Family: Papaveraceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Island poppy is a California native annual found in the Channel Islands at elevations below 500 meters in open places, especially chaparral. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces yellow flowers with orange-spotted bases, 5 to 15 millimeters long. Growing 5 to 30 centimeters tall with an erect, glaucous form and densely leafy upper branches that give a bushy appearance, it creates a distinctive rounded silhouette. Its leaves have obtuse segments, creating a soft, delicate texture across the plant's structure. The fruit reaches 4 to 7 centimeters long, bearing seeds approximately 1.4 to 1.6 millimeters wide with a distinctive net-ridged surface.

Habitat: Open places, especially chaparral

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: < 500 m

Bioregions: ChI

California counties: Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Ventura

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.