The California poppy, or golden poppy, a flowering plant native to the United States and Mexico, became the official state flower in 1903. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images After multiple ...

The California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is a tough, fast-growing, drought-tolerant, self-seeding California native wildflower. It is indigenous to western North America. In 1816 ...

Each spring, a wave of orange sweeps across the Western United States, with the California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, seen blooming throughout much of Arizona, California and New Mexico.

By Soumya Karlamangla There is perhaps no better symbol of California than the glorious, golden poppy. The flower’s satiny yellow-orange blooms evoke the state’s abundant sunshine, orange ...