Arizona Poppy
Kallstroemia grandiflora
Arizona poppy is a sprawling summer annual that carpets the desert with brilliant orange poppy-like flowers after monsoon rains, an easy, drought-adapted reseeder for hot, sunny Southwestern gardens.
- Family
- Zygophyllaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.5–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- orange, yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, NM, TX