Camissoniopsis pallida

Camissoniopsis pallida is a low growing, yellow-flowered annual plant in the evening primrose family, Onagraceae.[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.

Camissoniopsis pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Camissoniopsis
Species:
C. pallida
Binomial name
Camissoniopsis pallida
Synonyms
  • Camissonia pallida (Abrams) P.H.Raven
  • Sphaerostigma pallidum Abrams

References

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


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