Pygmy Poppy
Eschscholzia parishii
A small desert poppy, pale yellow and finely cut, that appears in quantity after a wet winter and finishes before the heat. Annual and self-sowing; give it gritty soil, full sun and no summer irrigation.
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.3–1.2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.8 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing, container
- Native states
- CA