Canbya aurea
| Yellow pygmy-poppy | |
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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. aurea
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| Binomial name | |
| Canbya aurea | |
Canbya aurea, common name yellow pygmy-poppy, is a plant species
Mono County, California. It grows on dry, sandy soil, usually with sagebrush (mostly Artemisia tridentata), at elevations of 900–1,700 metres (3,000–5,600 ft).[1][2]
Canbya aurea is a small herb rarely more than 2 centimetres (0.79 in) tall, branching at or just above ground level. Leaves are fleshy, linear to oblong, untoothed and unlobed, up to 10 millimetres (0.39 in) long. Flowers are bright yellow, up to 10 mm across.[1][3][4][5]
References
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 3
- ^ Calflora, Canbya aurea
- ^ Watson, Sereno. 1886. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 21(2): 445..
- ISBN 0-88192-503-9.
- ^ Hitchcock, C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1984. Salicaceae to Saxifragaceae. Part II: 1–597. In C. L. Hitchcock Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle.