Camissoniopsis pallida
| Camissoniopsis pallida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Camissoniopsis |
| Species: | C. pallida |
| Binomial name | |
| Camissoniopsis pallida (Abrams) W.L.Wagner & Hoch | |
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Camissoniopsis pallida is a low growing, yellow-flowered annual plant in the evening primrose (Onagraceae) family.[1]:238 It is known by the common names pale primrose[1]:238 or pale yellow suncup. It is native to the desert and scrub habitat of the region where Arizona, California, and Nevada meet. It is a roughly hairy annual herb growing in a low patch on the ground, sometimes producing an erect stem from the basal rosette. The herbage is gray-green to reddish green. The leaves are lance-shaped and up to 3 centimeters long. The nodding inflorescence produces flowers with yellow petals 2 to 13 millimeters long, each with small red markings near the bases. The fruit is a straight to tightly coiled capsule.
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