Camissonia pusilla: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Camissonia
- Species
- Camissonia pusilla
- Scientific Name
- Camissonia pusilla
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Camissonia pusilla
Camissonia pusilla is a species of evening primrose known by the common name little wiry suncup. It is native to the western United States from California to Idaho, where it grows in sagebrush and other habitat. It is a petite, hairy, glandular annual herb producing very slender erect stems up to about 22 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves linear with toothed edges and 1 to 3 centimeters long. The nodding inflorescence produces flowers with yellow petals 2 or 3 millimeters long and usually spotted with red near the bases. The fruit is a straight or coiling capsule up to 3 centimeters long.
...Camissonia pusilla in languages:
- English
- little wiry suncups
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