| Accepted name: |
Eschscholzia californica Cham. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
California Poppy
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| French names: |
Pavot de California
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Papaverales
Family: Papaveraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HESCCA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
AP |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The latex is used as a popular remedy. The plant is mildly narcotic and was used by native North Americans to relieve toothache, acts as a diuretic, relaxes spasms. In Italy, pharmaceutic enterprises conduct breeding programmes on homogeneity and sanguinarine contents(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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