Yes, your pictures are of the native california poppy... many cultivars exist... many colors...mostly pink-yellow family pastels.... and many variations in thickness/ delicacy of the petals... mostly grown by design... but some escape, and can be found... do not know if the pastel colors have naturalized, at least in california?
usha di ======= On Jun 30, 6:20 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Satish ji > Found it very common in our apartment area > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 5:02 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > > *California poppy* (*Eschscholzia californica*) State flower of California > > USA > > Family :: Papaveraceae > > Observed in abundance in California. > > Dr Phadke

