Meconella oregana

Meconella oregana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Genus:	Meconella
Species:	M. oregana
Binomial name
Meconella oregana Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
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).^[2]

Meconella oregana is a small herb up to 16 cm (40 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).^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

References

1. The Plant List
2. Flora of North America v 3
3. 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.
4. Torrey, John, & Asa Gray. Flora of North America 1(1): 64. 1838.
5. 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.
6. Scoggan, H. J. 1978. Dicotyledoneae (Saururaceae to Violaceae). 3: 547–1115. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.
7. Pacific Northwest Wildflowers, Turner Photographics, Bellilngham WA
8. Oregon Flora Image Project