Wildflower Guide

8%
California Poppy | Eschscholtzia californica
The California poppy is native to grassy and open
areas from sea level to 6,500 feet in the western
United States throughout California, extending to
Oregon, southern Washington, Nevada, Arizona,
New Mexico, and in Mexico in Sonora and northwest
Baja California. It can grow 5-60 centimeters
tall, with alternately branching waxy pale
blue-green foliage.
6%
Indian Blanketflower | Gaillardia pulchella
Firewheel or indian blanket is a popular annual
growing 1-2 ft. tall. The hairy stem is usually
much-branched and becomes woody at the
base late in the season. Frequent along roadsides
in the Southwest, these wildflowers
stand like hundreds of showy Fourth of July
pinwheels at the top of slender stalks.
8%
Wallflower | Erysimum capitatum
An extremely variable species, though usually a
clumped plant with densely crowded clusters of
orange, yellow, orange-brown or purplish-maroon
flowers atop each minimally-branched
stem. The narrow leaves and stems of this
biennial to short-lived perennial are hairy. The
seedpods stand upright.
6%
Mexican Gold Poppy | Eschscholtzia mexicana
A low, smooth, pale bluish-green plant with
fern-like leaves, mostly near base, and
orange-yellow, cup-shaped flowers borne
singly on stalks. Mexican gold poppy is a
small, somewhat sprawling perennial, 6-16 in.
tall and wide. The Spanish name, Amopalo del
Campo, means “poppy of the countryside.”