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Californian Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

493Records since 2000
JunePeak month
53Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb4
Mar4
Apr31
May78
Jun101
Jul87
Aug71
Sep63
Oct19
Nov12
Dec4

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England20
2Sefton England18
3Portsmouth England16
4Worcestershire England13
5Sheffield England13
6Kent England12
7Dudley England12
8Suffolk England9
9Cornwall England9
10Highland Scotland7
11Brighton and Hove England7
12Surrey England6
13Cambridgeshire England5
14Essex England5
15North Yorkshire England5
447 England29 Scotland11 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
493
Peak month
June
Counties with records
53
Scientific name
Eschscholzia californica
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,678
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Family
Papaveraceae
Genus
Eschscholzia
Name with authority
Eschscholzia californica Cham.
Contributing datasets
19

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158795 · GBIF 2888380