Genus of flowering plants
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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Name |
Distribution
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Canbya aurea - yellow pygmy-poppy |
Central and southeastern Oregon and northwestern Nevada
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Canbya candida - pygmy poppy, white pygmy poppy |
western Mojave Desert of Southern California.
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References
- Christopher Grey-Wilson, Poppies (Portland: Timber Press, 2000) ISBN 0-88192-503-9 p. 229
External links
Media related to Canbya at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Canbya at Wikispecies
