Everwilde Farms - 1 oz Dwarf California Poppy Native Wildflower Seeds - Gold Vault Bulk Seed Packet

Growing just 8" tall, these golden beauties are beautiful when planted en masse. The silky, cup-shaped flowers form on slender stems creating a petite version of the incredibly popular Orange California Poppy. Great for small spaces or container gardening. These poppies have a habit of opening and closing with the sun, appropriate for their native Golden State. The first member of the California poppy genus was identified in 1816 by German botanist Adelbert von Chamisso on an exploratory voyage to California and the Pacific Northwest. Chamisso named this genus "Eschscholzia" after a fellow botanist, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, who accompanied him on the journey. Nearly a dozen species of poppy grow wild in the western United States. This dwarf species can easily be mistaken for the state flower of California, though it has a small disc at the base of each blossom where the state flower remains smooth.