California poppies
Orange state blooms
California poppies are wildflowers native to the western United States, recognizable by their bright orange or golden cup-shaped petals.
They're the state flower of California and bloom prolifically in spring, carpeting hillsides and meadows.
The flowers close at night and on cloudy days.
The hills were covered with California poppies.
- petalsColored bloom segments
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- state flowerOfficial bloom of territory
- floraPlants of a region
spring · herbaceous · gold · golden fields · orange · native species · leaf · superbloom · botanicals · bud · endemic species · stem · seed pods · chaparral · herbal remedies · desert flora · cultural heritage · xerophytes
- CaliforniaLos Angeles, San Francisco, Hollywood, San Diego, Yosemite
- wildflowersblack-eyed Susan, black-eyed Susans, daisy, buttercup, bluebonnets
- Desert Flowersdesert lily, brittlebush, paperflower, desert bloom