Canbya
Sign in to saveCanbya, 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.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRanunculales
- FamilyPapaveraceae
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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== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Name!! Distribution |- | 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. |- |}