Meconella

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the poppy family Papaveraceae}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Meconelladenticulata.jpg | image_caption = ''Meconella denticulata'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Meconella | authority = Nutt. | type_species =''Meconella oregana'' }}

'''''Meconella''''' is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family. They are known generally as '''fairypoppies'''. ==Species== There are about 3 species:<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=119933 Flora of North America]</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Name!! Distribution |- | ||''Meconella californica'' – California fairypoppy||around the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sierra foothills |- |120px ||''Meconella denticulata'' – smallflower fairypoppy|| from around the San Francisco Bay Area to the Peninsular Ranges |- | ||''Meconella oregana'' – white fairypoppy|| Oregon, California, Washington and British Columbia. |- |}

A fourth species, ''Meconella linearis'',<ref>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5547,5586,5589 Jepson Manual Treatment: ''M. linearis'']</ref> is sometimes treated as ''Platystigma linearis''<ref>[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PLLI4 USDA Plants Profile: ''P. linearis'']</ref> or ''Hesperomecon linearis''.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500661 Flora of North America: ''H. linearis'']</ref>

The species are endemic from British Columbia, Canada south to California.

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==External links== *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5547,5586 Jepson Manual Treatment: ''Meconella''] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MECON USDA Plants Profile: ''Meconella'']

Category:Papaveroideae Category:Papaveraceae genera Category:Flora of the West Coast of the United States Category:Taxa named by Thomas Nuttall