Camissonia campestris
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.
| Camissonia campestris | |
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| Camissonia campestris near Gorman, California | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Camissonia |
| Species: | C. campestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Camissonia campestris (Greene) P.H.Raven | |
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
- Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd ed., 2013, ISBN 978-0-7627-8033-4
- Jepson Flora Project: Camissonia campestris
- Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 76
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