Meconella oregana explained

Meconella oregana, the white fairypoppy, is a flowering 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).^[1]

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).^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meconella oregana in Flora of North America @ efloras.org . www.efloras.org.
2. 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.
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5290470#page/86/mode/1up Torrey, John, & Asa Gray. Flora of North America 1(1): 64. 1838.
4. 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.
5. Scoggan, H. J. 1978. Dicotyledoneae (Saururaceae to Violaceae). 3: 547–1115. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.
6. Web site: Meconella oregana White Meconella Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest . www.pnwflowers.com.
7. Web site: Oregon Flora Project . www.botany.hawaii.edu.