What is "eschscholzia"

n. Any of the flowers in the ''Eschscholzia'' genus, especially the California poppy ((taxlink Eschscholzia californica species noshow=1))

Eschscholzia is a genus of 12 annual or perennial plants in the Papaveraceae ( poppy) family. The genus was named after the Baltic German/ Imperial Russian botanist Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793-1831).