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Dendromecon harfordii is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family known by the common names Channel Islands tree poppy and Harford's tree poppy. It is sometimes treated as subspecies harfordii of its relative, Dendromecon rigida. It is endemic to the Channel Islands of California. This is a shrub or small tree reaching heights between 2 and 6 meters. It has thin branching stems covered sparsely in smooth-edged, oval-shaped leaves 3 to 8 centimeters long. It bears showy flowers with four bright yellow petals each 2 or 3 centimeters long. The fruit is a curved, cylindrical capsule over 7 centimeters in length.
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