Camissoniopsis pallida

Camissoniopsis pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Camissoniopsis
Species: C. pallida
Binomial name
Camissoniopsis pallida
(Abrams) W.L.Wagner & Hoch
Synonyms
  • Camissonia pallida (Abrams) P.H.Raven
  • Sphaerostigma pallidum Abrams

Camissoniopsis pallida is a low growing, yellow-flowered annual plant in the evening primrose (Onagraceae) family.[1]:238 It is known by the common names pale primrose[1]:238 or pale yellow suncup. It is native to the desert and scrub habitat of the region where Arizona, California, and Nevada meet. It is a roughly hairy annual herb growing in a low patch on the ground, sometimes producing an erect stem from the basal rosette. The herbage is gray-green to reddish green. The leaves are lance-shaped and up to 3 centimeters long. The nodding inflorescence produces flowers with yellow petals 2 to 13 millimeters long, each with small red markings near the bases. The fruit is a straight to tightly coiled capsule.

References

  1. 1 2 Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd ed., 2013, ISBN 978-0-7627-8033-4

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