View source for Meconella californica

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|accepted_name=Meconella californica
|accepted_authority=Torrey & Frémont in J. C. Frémont
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts.,
|place=312. 1845
|year=1845
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Meconella oregana var. californica
|authority=(Torrey & Frémont) Jepson
}}
|hierarchy=Papaveraceae;Meconella;Meconella californica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Papaveraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Meconella]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Meconella californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>0.3-1.8 dm. <b>Stems</b> erect to ascending. <b>Leaves</b> 3-25 mm; basal with blade spatulate; proximal cauline whorled, blade linear-spatulate; distal usually opposite, blade broadly linear; petiole to 17 mm; margins entire or rarely denticulate. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncle 3-8 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: receptacle shorter than broad, expanded into small ring beneath calyx; petals white to cream colored or outer sometimes yellow, alternately obovate and narrowly ovate, 2-7 × 1-5 mm, apex rounded; stamens ca. (6-)12, in 2 series; outer filaments shorter than inner; anthers ovoid to globose, much shorter than filaments, usually broader. <b>Capsules</b> to 50 × 1.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late winter–late spring.
|habitat=Moist, sunny slopes in open grassy areas in grasslands, oak or pine woodlands
|elevation=0-1000 m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>The yellow color that occurs in the outer petals of some plants fades at night and returns in daylight.</p>
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name=Meconella californica
|author=
|authority=Torrey & Frémont in J. C. Frémont
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Meconella oregana var. californica
|basionyms=
|family=Papaveraceae
|phenology=Flowering late winter–late spring.
|habitat=Moist, sunny slopes in open grassy areas in grasslands, oak or pine woodlands
|elevation=0-1000 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. C. Frémont, Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts.,
|publication year=1845
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Meconella
|species=Meconella californica
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