Meconella oregana

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Meconella
Species:
M. oregana
Binomial name
Meconella oregana
Nutt.
Synonyms[2]

Platystigma oreganum (Nutt.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex S.Watson

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).[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

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. ↑ "Meconella oregana in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Torrey, John, & Asa Gray. Flora of North America 1(1): 64. 1838.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Scoggan, H. J. 1978. Dicotyledoneae (Saururaceae to Violaceae). 3: 547–1115. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.
  8. ↑ "Meconella oregana | White Meconella | Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest". www.pnwflowers.com.
  9. ↑ "Oregon Flora Project". www.botany.hawaii.edu.
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