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|accepted_name=Canbya
|accepted_authority=Parry ex A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=12: 51, plate 1. 1876
|year=1876
}}
|common_names=Pygmy-poppy
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Papaveraceae;Canbya
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Papaveraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Canbya]]</div></div>
|etymology=for William M. Canby, 1831-1904, Delaware botanist
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism size;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual, semiacaulescent, very small, glabrous, from taproots;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="sap coloration">sap clear.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture;ground position relational;branch height or length or size"><b>Stems </b>branching at and just above ground level, leafy, branches short.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf architecture or arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, congested in tufts, sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade texture;margin architecture or shape">blade unlobed, linear-oblong, fleshy, margins entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>axillary, 1-flowered, much exceeding leaves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="peduncle size">peduncle slender.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal fusion"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals 3, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal quantity">petals 5-7;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 6-15;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil 3-4-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="ovary shape;ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary ovoid, 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="style presence">style absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stigma atypical quantity;stigma quantity;stigma arrangement or course or shape;stigma orientation;stigma fixation or orientation;stigma fusion">stigmas 3 (-4), linear, radiate-recurved, appressed or adherent to ovary.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="capsule orientation;capsule shape;capsule architecture;capsule dehiscence"><b>Capsules </b>erect, ovoid to oblong-ovoid, 3 (-4) -valved, dehiscing from apex.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed quantity;seed coloration;seed shape;seed course or shape;seed some measurement;seed reflectance"><b>Seeds </b>many, brown, oblong-obovoid to ellipsoid, slightly arcuate, 0.6-0.8 mm, glossy, aril absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="aril presence;x chromosome quantity">x = 8.</span><!--

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|distribution=w United States
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>These diminutive (but handsome) desert endemics are among the smallest plants in the family. Little is known about their life histories, reproduction, ecological interactions, or evolutionary histories, and they merit more field and laboratory study.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Petals white, marcescent; filaments shorter than anthers.
|[[Canbya candida|Canbya candida]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Petals bright yellow, deciduous; filaments longer than anthers.
|[[Canbya aurea|Canbya aurea]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Canbya
|author=Curtis Clark;Robert W. Kiger
|authority=Parry ex A. Gray
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Papaveraceae
|distribution=w United States
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1876
|special status=
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|genus=Canbya
|aril presence=absent
|blade shape=linear-oblong;unlobed
|blade texture=fleshy
|branch height or length or size=short
|capsule architecture=3(-4)-valved
|capsule dehiscence=dehiscing
|capsule orientation=erect
|capsule shape=ovoid;oblong-ovoid
|ground position relational=level
|inflorescence architecture=1-flowered
|inflorescence position=axillary
|leaf architecture=sessile
|leaf architecture or arrangement=congested
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular
|ovary shape=ovoid
|peduncle size=slender
|petal quantity=5;7
|pistil architecture=3-4-carpellate
|sap coloration=clear
|seed coloration=brown
|seed course or shape=arcuate
|seed quantity=many
|seed reflectance=glossy
|seed shape=oblong-obovoid;ellipsoid
|seed some measurement=0.6mm;0.8mm
|sepal fusion=distinct
|sepal quantity=3
|stamen quantity=6;15
|stem architecture=leafy;branching
|stigma arrangement or course or shape=linear
|stigma atypical quantity=3;4
|stigma fixation or orientation=appressed
|stigma fusion=adherent
|stigma orientation=radiate-recurved
|stigma quantity=3
|style presence=absent
|whole_organism architecture=semiacaulescent
|whole_organism duration=annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism pubescence=glabrous
|whole_organism size=small
|x chromosome quantity=8
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