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Is Picking California Poppies Illegal?
FromBay Curious
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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Apr 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
After a wet winter, California hillsides are carpeted with wildflowers — especially our glowing, golden orange state flower, the California Poppy. In honor of this super-bloom, we're reprising our episode from 2017 about a rumor concerning these little beauties: that it's illegal to pick them. Reporter Jessica Placzek helps us answer that question, and discovers more about them and their use by indigenous peoples.
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Can You Go To Jail For Picking California's State Flower?
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This episode was reported by Jessica Placzek. Bay Curious is made at KQED by Olivia Allen-Price, Amanda Font, Brendan Willard and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Paul Lancour, Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Jenny Pritchett and Holly Kernan.
Additional Reading:
Can You Go To Jail For Picking California's State Flower?
Read a transcript of this episode
Hear our episode about how 420 became synonymous with smoking weed
Sign up for our newsletter
Enter our Sierra Nevada Brewing Company monthly trivia contest
This episode was reported by Jessica Placzek. Bay Curious is made at KQED by Olivia Allen-Price, Amanda Font, Brendan Willard and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Paul Lancour, Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Jenny Pritchett and Holly Kernan.
Released:
Apr 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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