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Canbya candida

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Papaveraceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Ranunculales

Genus
  
Canbya

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Canbya, Eschscholzia minutiflora, Meconella, Arctomecon, Hunnemannia

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 (381 18 in) tall. Its leaves are 5–9 mm (3161132 in) long. The flowers are borne in leaf axils, and have 5–7 white petals that are each 3–4 mm (18532 in) long, and 6-9 stamens.

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Canbya candida Wikipedia