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

Species

There are about 3 species:

ImageNameDistribution
Meconella californica – California fairypoppyaround the San Francisco Bay Area and the Sierra foothills
Meconella denticulata – smallflower fairypoppyfrom around the San Francisco Bay Area to the Peninsular Ranges
Meconella oregana – white fairypoppyOregon, California, Washington and British Columbia.

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

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

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