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Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia
Also called Beach Suncup
Beach evening primrose is a low, mat-forming coastal dune plant with silvery grey-green leaves and bright yellow flowers that open in the morning. It thrives in full sun and loose, sandy soil with good drainage.
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia, the beach suncup or beach evening primrose, is a species of the evening primrose family and is native to open dunes and sandy soils of coastal California, Baja California and Oregon.
This species grows on the coastal dunes and sandy soils from southern Oregon through California and southwards towards El Rosario in Baja California.
California Suncup · Hardham's Evening Primrose · Hairy Sun Cup · Intermediate Suncup · Lewis' Evening Primrose · Santa Lucia Suncup · Miniature Suncup · Paleyellow Suncup · Suncups
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia 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.
