About Eschscholzia parishii Greene
Eschscholzia parishii, commonly known as Parish's poppy, is an annual desert wildflower belonging to the poppy family Papaveraceae. It is native to several desert regions of North America. This desert species is closely related to the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), which grows in the Mediterranean climate regions of California. Its native distribution covers the Mojave Desert and the Colorado Desert surrounding the Salton Sea in southern California, extending south across the Sonoran Desert along the Gulf of California to the area around Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California.
