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Camissonia lacustris
Grassland suncup is a small annual wildflower in the evening-primrose family, native to serpentine grasslands in northern and central California. It grows from seed each year and is grown mainly by native plant enthusiasts rather than as a garden staple.
Camissonia lacustris is a flowering plant species commonly called grassland suncup. It is an evening primrose endemic to California, where it grows in serpentine grasslands near Lakeport in Lake County, California. This is the type locality of the species.
It is an annual herb producing an erect or spreading, sometimes bending or twisting, hairy stem approaching half a meter in maximum length. The leaves grow along the stem and are less than 4 centimeters long and linear or narrowly oval in shape. The nodding inflorescence produces flowers with yellow petals about half a centimeter in length. The petals sometimes have two red dots at their bases. The fruit is a straight wavy capsule which may be several centimeters long.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Camissonia lacustris 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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
