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Sandysoil suncup

Camissonia strigulosa

Also called Contorted Primrose, Sandy Soil Sun Cup, Strigose Sun Cup

Sandysoil suncup
Photo: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
Family
Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
WC. & SW. California to Mexico (N. Baja California)
Climate
subtropical

About

Camissonia strigulosa is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name sandysoil suncup.

The plant is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in sandy areas, such as beaches, mountain sandbars, and the Mojave Desert.

Other Camissonia plants

San Benito suncup · Mojave suncup · Plains evening primrose · Grassland suncup · Lewis River suncup · Hairy suncup · Little wiry suncup · Suncup

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Camissonia strigulosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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