Named after Dr. Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz (1793-1831), a Latvian or Estonian surgeon, entomologist and botanist who came with the Russian expeditions to the Pacific coast in 1816 and 1824
Species
glyptosperma
From glypto, “to carve,” and sperma, in compound words signifying “seeded,” thus “carved-seeded,” the ashen-gray globose seeds being coarsely pitted
This desert poppy is a native of the Mojave, Sonoran, and portions of the Colorado Deserts.
Identification: Plants are about 8-10" (20-25 cm) high.
Foliage at the base is blue- or gray-green in color. Bright yellow bowl-shaped flowers, resembling
buttercups, are about 1" (2.5 cm) across, with a single flower per stem. They occur on bare stems (that is, they are scapose.) Compare these to Eschscholzia parishii, whose stems are not bare.
