| Meconella oregana | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Papaveraceae |
| Genus: | Meconella |
| Species: | M. oregana
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| Binomial name | |
| Meconella oregana | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Platystigma oreganum (Nutt.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex S.Watson | |
Meconella oregana, the white fairypoppy, is a flowering 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). [3]
Meconella oregana is a small herb up to 16 cm (6.3 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). [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
References
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ "Meconella oregana in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Meconella oregana | White Meconella | Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest". www.pnwflowers.com.
- ^ "Oregon Flora Project". www.botany.hawaii.edu.