familyPapaveraceae
genusCanbya
speciesCanbya aurea

Canbya aurea

S. Watson

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 445. 1886.

Curtis Clark, Robert W. Kiger
Common names: Yellow pygmy-poppy
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Plants 1-2 cm. Leaves 3-10 mm. Inflorescences: peduncle 1-6 cm. Flowers: sepals 2 mm; petals deciduous, 6, bright-yellow, broadly ovate, 3-4 mm; stamens 6-15; filaments longer than anthers. Capsules 2-4 mm. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Dry, sandy ground, usually with sagebrush
Elevation: 900-1700 m

Distribution

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Oreg., Nev.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
16 +
Androecium position
perigynous +
Anther architecture or structure in adjective form
2-locular +
Aril presence
absent +
Author
Curtis Clark +  and Robert W. Kiger +
Authority
S. Watson +
Blade architecture
palmate +  and subpalmate +
Blade shape
linear-oblong +  and unlobed +
Blade texture
fleshy +
Bract presence
absent +
Branch height or length or size
short +
Capsule architecture
3(-4)-valved +
Capsule dehiscence
dehiscing +
Capsule orientation
erect +
Capsule shape
ovoid +  and oblong-ovoid +
Capsule some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Common name
Yellow pygmy-poppy +
Distribution
Oreg. +  and Nev. +
Elevation
900-1700 m +
Filament length or size
longer +
Flower architecture
sessile +, pedicellate +  and symmetric +
Fruit architecture
capsular +
Fruit dehiscence
transverse +, poricidal +, valvate +  and dehiscence +
Ground position relational
level +
Habitat
Dry, sandy ground, usually with sagebrush +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence architecture
1-flowered +
Inflorescence arrangement
paniculate +  and racemose +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Leaf architecture
sessile +
Leaf architecture or arrangement
congested +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Leaf some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture
1-2-locular or +  and incompletely completely multilocular +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary shape
ovoid +
Peduncle size
slender +
Peduncle some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Perianth position
perigynous +
Petal coloration
bright-yellow +
Petal duration
deciduous +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal presence
absent +
Petal quantity
6 +
Petal shape
ovate +
Petal size or quantity
2 times number of sepals +
Petal some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering Apr–Jul. +
Pistil architecture
3-4-carpellate +
Pistil quantity
1 +
Placenta arrangement
parietal +
Placenta quantity
2 +
Publication title
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
Publication year
1886 +
Receptacle size
expanded +
Reference
None +
Sap coloration
clear +
Sap texture
sticky +
Seed architecture
carunculate +  and arillate +
Seed coloration
brown +
Seed course or shape
arcuate +
Seed quantity
many +
Seed reflectance
glossy +
Seed shape
oblong-obovoid +  and ellipsoid +
Seed size
small +
Seed some measurement
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +
Segment architecture
1-seeded +
Sepal duration
caducous +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal quantity
3 +
Sepal shape
obovate +
Sepal some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
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Special status
Endemic +
Stamen quantity
6 +  and 15 +
Stem architecture
leafy +  and branching +
Stem orientation
decumbent +, spreading +  and erect +
Stigma arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Stigma atypical quantity
3 (4) +
Stigma fixation or orientation
appressed +
Stigma fusion
adherent +
Stigma lobe quantity
2;many +
Stigma orientation
radiate-recurved +
Stigma quantity
3 +
Style presence
absent +
Style quantity
1 +
Taxon family
Papaveraceae +
Taxon name
Canbya aurea +
Taxon parent
Canbya +
Taxon rank
species +
Volume
Volume 3 +
Whole organism architecture
semiacaulescent +
Whole organism duration
annual +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism pubescence
glabrous +
Whole organism size
small +
Whole organism some measurement
1cm (2cm) +
X chromosome quantity
8 +