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Pronunciation: esh-SHOLE-tzee-a glip-toe-SPER-ma
Common name: Desert gold poppy
Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy)
Habitat: Desert washes, open flats and slopes below 5000', creosote bush scrub, joshua tree woodland, Mojave Desert
Blooming period: March to May
Name derivations: 1) Eschscholzia 2) glyptosperma