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Fewflower evening primrose

Camissonia breviflora

Also called Short Flowered Evening Primrose, Few Flowered Evening Primrose, Short Flower Suncup

Fewflower evening primrose is a small annual wildflower of the evening-primrose family, native to western North America and found in dry open ground. It is grown mainly for its small yellow flowers and does best in full sun with sharply drained soil.

Family
Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water lightly during establishment, then let the soil dry out between rains.
Soil
Sandy or gravelly, well-drained soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates cool conditions but is damaged by hard frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Camissonia breviflora is a species of evening primrose known by the common name short-flower suncup, first described by John Torrey and Asa Gray. It is part of the genus Camissonia and the family Onagraceae.

In 2014, specimens were sighted in Saskatchewan near Frontier for the first time since 1965.

Other Taraxia plants

Sun Cup · Diffuseflower evening primrose · Tansy Leaf Suncup · Taraxia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Camissonia breviflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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