Showing posts with label Matilija poppy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Matilija poppy. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Serve up the matilija


If you get lucky, you find Matilija poppies in late spring along a trail or canyon roadside in Southern California. Elegant with their stark white petals wrinkled like a fine linen suit, they also look a bit like an egg served sunny-side up. The flowers can reach seven inches across and the plants up to six feet. I shot this one on the trail up to Mt. Rubidoux in Riverside CA.