Meconella
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Meconella is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family
. They are known generally as fairypoppies.
There are about 3 species:
A fourth species, Meconella linearis, is sometimes treated as Platystigma linearis or Hesperomecon linearis.
The species are endemic from British Columbia
, Canada
south to California
.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae, informally known as the poppy family, are an economically important family of 44 genera and approximately 770 species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales. The family is cosmopolitan, occurring in temperate and subtropical climates, but almost unknown in the tropics...
. They are known generally as fairypoppies.
There are about 3 species:
- Meconella californica - California fairypoppy
- Meconella denticulataMeconella denticulataMeconella denticulata is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family known by the common name smallflower fairypoppy. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the coastal mountain ranges from around the San Francisco Bay Area to the Peninsular Ranges in the southern part of the state. It...
- smallflower fairypoppy - Meconella oregana - white fairypoppy
A fourth species, Meconella linearis, is sometimes treated as Platystigma linearis or Hesperomecon linearis.
The species are endemic from British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
south to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.