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.
canbya, also, known, pygmy, poppies, genus, poppy, family, papaveraceae, consisting, species, found, parts, western, north, america, both, species, small, more, than, centimeters, tall, with, flowers, less, than, across, pygmy, poppy, candida, scientific, clas. 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 Canbya Pygmy poppy Canbya candida Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Order Ranunculales Family Papaveraceae Subfamily Papaveroideae Tribe Papavereae Genus CanbyaParry ex A Gray Species Canbya aurea Canbya candida The genus was named after well known amateur botanist William Marriott Canby 1831 1904 Species editImage Name Distribution nbsp Canbya aurea yellow pygmy poppy Central and southeastern Oregon and northwestern Nevada nbsp Canbya candida pygmy poppy white pygmy poppy western Mojave Desert of Southern California References editChristopher Grey Wilson Poppies Portland Timber Press 2000 ISBN 0 88192 503 9 p 229External links edit nbsp Media related to Canbya at Wikimedia Commons nbsp Data related to Canbya at Wikispecies nbsp This Papaveraceae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Canbya amp oldid 1180590304, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
