Camissoniopsis pallida

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Camissoniopsis pallida is a low growing, yellow-flowered annual plant in the evening primrose family, Onagraceae.[1]Template:Rp It is known by the common names pale primrose[1]Template:Rp 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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  1. a b Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd ed., 2013, Template:ISBN

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