Camissonia campestris

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Camissonia campestris (field primrose,[2]: 238  Mojave sun cup,[2]: 238  or Mojave suncup), is a flowering plant in the family Onagraceae, native to the Mojave Desert of the United States. It grows mostly on open, sandy flats, occurring from sea level to 2,000 m in the western and central part of the desert.

Camissonia campestris
Camissonia campestris near Gorman, California

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Camissonia
Species:
C. campestris
Binomial name
Camissonia campestris

It is an annual plant growing to 5–25 cm tall (rarely to 50 cm tall). The leaves are linear, 0.5–3 cm long, with a finely serrated margin. The flowers have four petals 5–15 mm long, yellow with a red spot at the base, fading orange to reddish.

References

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  1. ^ https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.159640 |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=NatureServe Explorer |publisher=NatureServe
  2. ^ a b Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd ed., 2013, ISBN 978-0-7627-8033-4