Canbya, also known as the pygmy poppies, is a genus of the poppy family Papaveraceae consisting of two species found in the dry parts of western North America. Both species are small, no more than a few centimeters tall, with flowers less than 10 mm across.
The genus was named after well-known amateur botanist William Marriott Canby (1831–1904). Species Image Name Distribution Canbya aurea - yellow pygmy-poppyCentral and southeastern Oregon and northwestern Nevada Canbya candida - pygmy poppy, white pygmy poppy western Mojave Desert of Southern California.
References
Christopher Grey-Wilson, Poppies (Portland: Timber Press, 2000) p. 229 External links