Biology:Canbya candida
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Canbya candida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Canbya |
| Species: | C. candida
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| Binomial name | |
| Canbya candida Parry ex A.Gray
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Canbya candida (common names: pygmy poppy, white pygmy poppy) is a tiny, white flowered annual plant in the genus Canbya 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
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe. 2022. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.137063.
- Clark, Curtis; Kiger, Robert W. (1997), "Canbya candida", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 3, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220002288
- "Canbya candida", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Canbya%20candida.png
- Grey-Wilson, Christopher (2000). Poppies. Portland: Timber Press. p. 229. ISBN 0-88192-503-9. https://archive.org/details/poppies00chri/page/229.
- Hitchcock, C. H.; Cronquist, A.J.; Ownbey, F. M.; Thompson, J. W. (1984). "Salicaceae to Saxifragaceae". in Hitchcock, C. L.. Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. 2. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Wikidata ☰ Q15324098 entry
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