Editing Eschscholzia californica (section)

==Pollen ==
As poppies are not wind-pollinated, their pollen poses no [[allergy]] risk via [[inhalation]].

A UK study of meadow flowers including commercial mixes and common plants such as [[ragwort]] and [[dandelion]] ranked the California poppy highly in [[pollen]] production, although it did not produce a significant amount of [[nectar]]. On a per-flower basis it ranked second, with a rate of 8.3 ± 1.1μl. The corn poppy, ''[[Papaver rhoeas]]'', topped the list for per-flower pollen production with its rate of 13.3 ± 2.8μl. When measuring the entire [[capitulum (flower)|capitulum]] the top two species were the ox-eye daisy, ''[[Leucanthemum vulgare]]'', with 15.9 ± 2μl, and ''[[Cosmos bipinnatus]]'', which had a rate nearly equivalent to that of the corn poppy.<ref name=Meadows>{{cite journal |last1=Hicks|first1=DM |last2=Ouvrard|first2=P |last3=Baldock|first3=KCR|title=Food for Pollinators: Quantifying the Nectar and Pollen Resources of Urban Flower Meadows|journal=PLOS ONE |volume=11|issue=6|pages=e0158117|date=2016 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0158117|pmid=27341588 |bibcode=2016PLoSO..1158117H|pmc=4920406|doi-access=free}}</ref>