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Hardham's Evening Primrose

Camissoniopsis hardhamiae

Hardham's Evening Primrose
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0
Family
Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
California (S. Monterey Co. to C. San Luis Obispo Co.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Camissoniopsis hardhamiae is a species of evening primrose known by the common name Hardham's evening primrose. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the chaparral and woodland of San Luis Obispo and Monterey Counties. It is a robust annual herb producing a hairy stem up to about half a meter tall. The leaves are lance-shaped to narrowly oval and up to 12 centimeters long. The nodding inflorescence bears flowers with yellow petals each a few millimeters long. The fruit is a cylindrical capsule up to 2.5 centimeters long containing several dark-colored seeds.

Other Camissoniopsis plants

California Suncup · Beach 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 hardhamiae 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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