Canbya
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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| image = Pygmy Poppy, Canbya candida.jpg
| image_caption = Pygmy poppy (Canbya candida)
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| subdivision = * Canbya aurea
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Canbya, also known as the pygmy poppies, is a genus of the poppy family Papaveraceae consisting of two species found in the dry parts of western North America. Both species are small, no more than a few centimeters tall, with flowers less than 10 mm across.
The genus was named after well-known amateur botanist William Marriott Canby (1831–1904).
Species
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Image | Name | Distribution |
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120px | Canbya aurea - yellow pygmy-poppy | Central and southeastern Oregon and northwestern Nevada |
120px | Canbya candida - pygmy poppy, white pygmy poppy | western Mojave Desert of Southern California. |
References
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- Christopher Grey-Wilson, Poppies (Portland: Timber Press, 2000) {{ISBN|0-88192-503-9}} p. 229
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Canbya|Canbya}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Canbya|Canbya}}
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Category:Flora of the California desert regions
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