Camissonia campestris
| Camissonia campestris | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Camissonia campestris near Gorman, California | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Camissonia |
| Species: | C. campestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Camissonia campestris (Greene) P.H.Raven | |
Camissonia campestris (field primrose,[1]:238 Mojave sun cup,[1]: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.
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
- Jepson Flora Project: Camissonia campestris
- Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 76
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.