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Flora of Cornwall (1999)

The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Flora of Cornwall (1999), which was a Tetrad Atlas (the maps had 2km square dots or Tetrads). The map on this web page depicts the plant's distribution at the 1km square scale and shows the records made pre-2000 which were used in the 1999 Flora and those made since.

Eschscholzia californica - Californian Poppy



Californian Poppy is a casual introduction appearing on waste ground, along road verges, as a garden throw-out. It has rarely been seen in East Cornwall. Records include Greenbank, Penzance (SW43Q, 1981, K.Campin), near Tregenhorne (SW53S, 1993, C.N.French), on mine waste near Leedstown (SW63C, 1991, C.N.French), west of Towan Cross (SW74E, 1993, D.T.Holyoak) and on quarry waste at St. Austell (SX05A, 1997, M.Atkinson).



Click here to see Aphotoflora images by David Fenwick

Source:

French, C.N., Murphy, R.J. & Atkinson, M. 1999. Flora of Cornwall. Wheal Seton Press, Camborne.