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Meconella

Meconella is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family. They are known generally as fairypoppies.

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Meconella
Meconella denticulata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Papaveroideae
Tribe: Platystemoneae
Genus: Meconella
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Type species
Meconella oregana

Meconella is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family. They are known generally as fairypoppies.

Species

There are about 3 species:1

Image Name Distribution
Meconella californica – California fairypoppy around the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sierra foothills
Meconella denticulata – smallflower fairypoppy from around the San Francisco Bay Area to the Peninsular Ranges
Meconella oregana – white fairypoppy Oregon, California, Washington and British Columbia.


A fourth species, Meconella linearis,2 is sometimes treated as Platystigma linearis3 or Hesperomecon linearis.4

The species are endemic from British Columbia, Canada south to California.

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