Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
Native Plant Species
Iris
Gumplant
Huckleberry
Ithurieal’s Spear
Seaweed
Jimson Weed
Lupine
Mugwort
Redbud
Redwood
Rush
Salmon Berry
Seaweed
Sedge
Showy Indian Clover
Silverweed
Soaproot
Strawberry
Sunflower
Tobacco
Toyon
Valley oak
Wax Myrtle
Willow
Yarrow
Yerba Buena
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Species Description:
California poppy is a covered in a grayish, whitish, or bluish waxy or powder, freely-branched, erect to spreading annual or perennial growing to 2' tall with leaves that are several times a compound leaf dissected into rounded, lobed segments. The flowers are solitary on 2-6" long stems and are a showy bright yellow to orange color. This is a species which folds up its petals when the light begins to fail, and sometimes does not open on a cloudy day. It is often found after burns.
Habitat Description:
California poppy is found in grassy and open places in many plant communities up to 6500' in much of California and can bloom from February to September.
Native American Use:
The plant was used as a painkiller, especially for toothaches, and as a poultice for sores and ulcers.
Women used it to charm unresponsive lovers. It has been used as a root extract as an external cleanser, an internal cure for stomach aches, and a headache and open sore liniment.
It was rubbed boiled or mashed seed pods on a nursing mother's breasts to help stop milk production.
Harvest Season: Spring 
Coast Miwok Name: munkai
Southern Pomo: si’ do’ to tok le
C A L I F O R N I A P O P P Y - Scientific Name: Eschscholzia californica
