Meconella oregana
Meconella oregana, the white fairypoppy, is a plant species native to Oregon, California, Washington and British Columbia. It grows on sandy bluffs, meadows and stream banks, at elevations of less than 300 m (1000 feet).[2]
| Meconella oregana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Meconella |
| Species: | M. oregana |
| Binomial name | |
| Meconella oregana Nutt. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Platystigma oreganum (Nutt.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex S.Watson | |
Meconella oregana is a small herb up to 16 cm (40 inches) tall. It has narrow, linear leaves up to 18 mm (0.7 inches) long. Flowers are solitary on long, thin stalks, white with 4-6 stamens (compared with 8-12 stamens in M. californica).[3][4][5][6][7][8]
References
- The Plant List
- Flora of North America v 3
- Ernst, W. R. 1967. Floral morphology and systematics of Platystemon and its allies Hesperomecon and Meconella (Papaveraceae: Platystemonoideae). Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 47: 25-70.
- Torrey, John, & Asa Gray. Flora of North America 1(1): 64. 1838.
- Hitchcock, C. H., A.J. Cronquist, F. M. Ownbey & J. W. Thompson. 1984. Salicaceae to Saxifragaceae. Part II: 1–597. In C. L. Hitchcock Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington Press, Seattle.
- Scoggan, H. J. 1978. Dicotyledoneae (Saururaceae to Violaceae). 3: 547–1115. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.
- Pacific Northwest Wildflowers, Turner Photographics, Bellilngham WA
- Oregon Flora Image Project
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