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California Poppies Among Goldfields

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California Indians cherished the poppy as both a source of food and for oil extracted from the plant. Also sometimes known as the flame flower, la amapola, and copa de oro (cup of gold), the poppy grows wild throughout California. It became the state flower in 1903.

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