Canbya candida
| Canbya candida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Canbya |
| Species: | C. candida |
| Binomial name | |
| Canbya candida Parry ex A.Gray | |
Canbya candida (common names: pygmy poppy, white pygmy poppy) is a tiny, white flowered annual plant in the Canbya genus of the poppy family. It is found in the western Mojave Desert of Southern California. It grows 1–3 cm (3⁄8–1 1⁄8 in) tall. Its leaves are 5–9 mm (3⁄16–11⁄32 in) long. The flowers are borne in leaf axils, and have 5–7 white petals that are each 3–4 mm (1⁄8–5⁄32 in) long, and 6-9 stamens.
References
- "Canbya candida". Flora of North America (FNA). Missouri Botanical Garden – via eFloras.org.
- "Canbya". Flora of North America (FNA). Missouri Botanical Garden – via eFloras.org.
- "Canbya candida". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2013.
- Christopher Grey-Wilson, 2000: Poppies, p.229. Portland: Timber Press ISBN 0-88192-503-9
- Hitchcock, C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1984: Salicaceae to Saxifragaceae. Part II: 1–597. In: C. L. Hitchcock, Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle.
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