Dear Jim; No;Yes;No. Opinion of one Californian. Bob Werra --- Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@starpower.net> wrote: > There was a recent brief thread which touched on the > theme of the desert in > bloom. Awhile back I was given a copy of George > Lepp's Golden Poppies of > California: page after page of gorgeous photography, > just the thing to > assuage the chill of living amid snow fields and ice > packs. > > Lepp's book however raises a minor question. All of > my life I've called > Eschscholzia californica 'California poppy'. But > Lepp uses the name 'golden > poppy' or 'California golden poppy' in most of his > text (the name > 'California poppy' does appear a few times in his > text, and more often in > text he quotes from others). > > Evidently 'Golden Poppy' is the official name in the > law which made it the > State Flower of California in 1903. Curiously, the > law cites the genus, but > not the specific epithet. > > All of this raises questions. For instance, is > 'Golden Poppy' the accepted > vernacular name for Eschscholzia in the generic > sense? Is the name > California Poppy the accepted vernacular name for E. > californica? I've > never heard or seen the name Golden Poppy used for > these plants: is this > tradition extant? > > What say the Californians? > > This query is being posted separately to Alpine-L. > > Jim McKenney > jimmckenney@starpower.net > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where > it's about time to sow > some poppies. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >