Romneya coulteri is a member of the chaparral regions of southern California. With all due respct, I must correct the statement "It's obviously a bulb". No, it is so far removed from a bulbous root system that I must contain my inward chuckle. It produces stolons that travel for distances of up to a hundred meters. A wonderful plant and it does do well far outside its natural habitat. I have grown it very successfully in England where the damper summers gave it a very long flowering period and where its stolons did not behave as they do in this much drier region. It is normally propagated from pups taken in autumn (fall), placed in pots in colder areas and planted out in springtime. Propagation from seed is rather more difficult, an unusual behavior for members of the poppy family. Andrew San Diego