Biology:Camissonia pubens

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Camissonia pubens
Camissonia pubens Photo by Jules Jardinier 1800x2400pix.jpg

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Camissonia
Species:
C. pubens
Binomial name
Camissonia pubens
(S.Wats.) P.H.Raven
Synonyms

Oenothera pubens

Camissonia pubens is a species of evening primrose known by the common name hairy suncup. It is native to the desert and steppe of western Nevada and eastern California . It is an annual herb covered in glandular hairs generally made up of one or more erect, slender stems up to a third of a meter tall. The leaves are up to about 4 centimeters long and are lance-shaped with wavy, toothed edges. The nodding inflorescence produces flowers with yellow petals each a few millimeters long and sometimes dotted with red near the bases. The fruit is a straight or coiling capsule up to 5 centimeters long.

References

  1. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.134237 |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=NatureServe Explorer |publisher=NatureServe

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5026809 entry