Canbya

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Pygmy Poppy, Canbya candida.jpg | image_caption = Pygmy poppy (''Canbya candida'') | image_alt = | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Canbya | authority = Parry ex A.Gray | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''Canbya aurea'' * ''Canbya candida'' }}

'''''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. |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}} * Christopher Grey-Wilson, ''Poppies'' (Portland: Timber Press, 2000) {{ISBN|0-88192-503-9}} p. 229 ==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Canbya|''Canbya''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Canbya|''Canbya''}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2900528}}

Category:Papaveroideae Category:Papaveraceae genera Category:Flora of the California desert regions