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Mexican Gold Poppy is responsible for the brilliant wild flower displays on the deserts lands. The number of blossoms occurring between February and Mid April depends upon the winter condition and the amount of rain fall, in the previous year. These flowers are winter annuals.
Flowers vary in color from bright yellow to orange. These flowers have four petals which form a cup 1.5 inches wide! The flowers grow on a single stalk and remain open only in full sunlight.
The plant grows 16 inches tall. It has fern-like leaves which are 2.5 inches long!
Visalakshi Ramani