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Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon: Botanical Pioneer and Advocate for California’s State Flower
The Life of The Lemmons Today is the birthday of the botanist Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon, who was born on this day in 1836. Lemmon is remembered for her successful 1903 piece of legislation that nominated the golden poppy (Eschscholzia californica) as the state flower of California. Asa Gray named the genus Plummera in honor…
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