Biology:Tetrapteron graciliflorum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Tetrapteron graciliflorum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Tetrapteron
Species:
T. graciliflorum
Binomial name
Tetrapteron graciliflorum
(Hook. & Arn.) W.L.Wagner & Hoch
Synonyms
  • Camissonia graciliflora (Hook. & Arn.) P.H.Raven
  • Oenothera graciliflora Hook. & Arn.
  • Taraxia graciliflora (Hook. & Arn.) Raim.

Tetrapteron graciliflorum is a species of evening primrose known by the common name hill suncup.[1] It is native to Oregon and California , where it grows in several habitat types, often on clay soils. It is an annual herb generally with no stem but producing an upright, nodding inflorescence. There is a cluster of narrow leaves each one to ten centimeters long. The flowers have bright yellow petals one half to two centimeters long. The fruit is a leathery capsule less than a centimeter in length with four chambers containing bumpy brown seeds.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7706685 entry