Eschscholtzii pronunciation refers back to the appropriate strategy to pronounce the scientific title of the California poppy, Eschscholzia californica.
The title “Eschscholtzii” honors the German-Baltic naturalist Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, who first collected the plant in 1816. The proper pronunciation of the genus title is “esh-SHOLTS-ee-eye”, with the emphasis on the second syllable.