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Canbya candida (common names: pygmy poppy, white pygmy poppy) is a tiny, white flowered annual plant in the Canbya genus 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.
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