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Canbya aurea
Also called Yellow pygmy-poppy
Canbya aurea, common name yellow pygmy-poppy, is a plant species endemic to the relatively cool northern deserts of the western United States. It is known only from central and southeastern Oregon and northwestern Nevada, as well as one collection reported from Mono County, California. It grows on dry, sandy soil, usually with sagebrush (mostly Artemisia tridentata), at elevations of 900–1,700 metres (2,950–5,580 ft).
Canbya aurea is a small herb rarely more than 2 centimetres (0.79 in) tall, branching at or just above ground level. Leaves are fleshy, linear to oblong, untoothed and unlobed, up to 10 millimetres (0.39 in) long. Flowers are bright yellow, up to 10 millimetres (0.39 in) across.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Canbya aurea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
