Flora of North America species comparison

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Canbya candida

pygmy poppy, white pygmy-poppy
Habit Plants 1-3 cm.
Leaves

5-9 mm.
Inflorescences

peduncle 1-2 cm.
Flowers

sepals 2 mm;

petals marcescent, 5-7, white, elliptic, 3-4 mm;

stamens 6-9;

filaments shorter than anthers.
Capsules

1.5-2.5 mm.
2n

= 16.

Canbya candida
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Dry, sandy ground
Elevation 600-1200 m (2000-3900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Canbya candida has been found only in the western Mojave Desert.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Papaveraceae > Canbya
Sibling taxa
C. aurea
Name authority Parry ex A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 51, plate 1. (1876)
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