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paleyellow suncup
Scientific Name: Camissonia pallida ssp. pallida
Family: Onagraceae
Category: Dicot
Growth: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
Other Names:
Pale Yellow Suncup (Camissoniopsis pallida)
Camissoniopsis pallida, commonly known as pale yellow suncup, is a low-growing annual plant belonging to the Evening Primrose family.
Considerations for Pets
- This plant has stiff, straight, sharp hairs.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Camissoniopsis pallida (Abrams) W.L. Wagner & Hoch
- Synonym: Camissonia pallida
- Common Names: Pale yellow suncup, pale primrose, hall's suncup
- Family: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)
- Subspecies: Camissoniopsis pallida pallida
Distribution and Habitat
- Observed in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California.
- Found in the west and southwest USA.
Morphological Characteristics
- Annual herb, often rosetted and grayish in appearance.
- Densely covered with stiff, straight, sharp hairs.
- Petals are 2-13 mm long, yellow fading to reddish, with 1-3 red dots at the base.
- Flowers are star-shaped and typically yellow, borne on mature plants in pyramid-shaped clusters at the end of the stems.
- Leaves, especially on pre-flowering plants, can be splotched with red.