California's biologically diverse landscapes are home to more than 7,000 species of native plants, including the California poppy, also known as golden poppy. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images ...

The Matilija Poppy (left) and the Mariposa Lily (right) were among the flowers under consideration for state flower before the Golden Poppy (center) was chosen. (Getty Images, Matthew Nobert) On ...

The California poppy, or golden poppy, a flowering plant native to the United States and Mexico, became the official state flower in 1903. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images ...

ALAMEDA, CA — Geoff Geiger photographed two varieties of poppies planted together in Alameda, including the state flower, the California Golden Poppy. It has been our state flower for 122 years ...

“Today the golden poppy became the State flower of California by reason of the fact that Governor Pardee signed the bill to that effect, which had passed both houses,” announced the Oakland ...

City officials on Tuesday closed all trails to Walker Canyon, a popular hiking trail that played host to tens of thousands of people during a golden poppy superbloom in 2019.