Camissoniopsis bistorta (Southern Suncup)

  

3/11/17 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA 

3/11/17 Harford Springs Reserve, Gavilan Hills, Riverside County, CA 

3/14/19 Temescal Wash south of Corona Lake, Riverside County, CA

 4/12/03 Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains,

Los Angeles County, CA

4/12/03 Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains,

Los Angeles County, CA

 4/2/05 Eaton Canyon

3/6/05 Hwy. 79 between call box and Wood Chuck Rd., Temecula-Aguanga area,

Riverside County, CA

 3/10/02 Eaton Canyon

 4/29/00 Eaton Canyon

6/1/03 Chiquito Trail, San Mateo Canyon, Santa Ana Mountains,

Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

1/1/05 Nature Trail, Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, Los Angeles County, CA

3/24/17 Dripping Springs Campground, Agua Tibia Wilderness, 
Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Southern Suncup

SPECIES: Camissoniopsis bistorta

FAMILY: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/29/2000

LOCATION: Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

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From Jepson eFlora:

Habit: Annual or short-lived perennial herb, rosetted; strigose or hairs spreading, in inflorescence short, erect. 

Stem: decumbent to +- ascending, 50--80 cm, peeling. 

Leaf: 12--120 mm, petioled or distal generally +- sessile; cauline generally lanceolate (linear), minutely dentate to +- entire. 

Flower: hypanthium 2--5(7.5) mm; sepals (2.3)5--8(11) mm; petals (4.2)7--15 mm, basal spots generally 1--2; stigma exceeding anthers. 

Fruit: 12--40 mm, 1.5--2.5 mm wide, +- 4-angled, generally straight or slightly wavy and twisted. Seed: 0.9--1 mm. 

Ecology: Sandy fields near coast or clay soils in grassland to openings in coastal-sage scrub or chaparral; 

Elevation: < 600 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: SW; 

Distribution Outside California: northern Baja California. 

Flowering Time: Mar--Jun 

Note: Cross-pollinated. Intergrades with Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia subsp. suffruticosa. 

Synonyms: Camissonia bistorta (Nutt. Ex Torr. & A. Gray) P.H. Raven; Oenothera bistorta Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray; Oenothera bistorta var. veitchiana Hook.; Oenothera heterophylla Spach

eFlora Treatment Author: Warren L. Wagner & Peter C. Hoch, family description, key to genera; treatment of genera by Warren L. Wagner