Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia (Beach Evening Primrose)

 8/18/04 Moss Landing State Beach, Monterey County, CA

8/18/04 Moss Landing State Beach

3/16/02 Salt Marsh Interpretive Trail, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve,

Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

 8/8/17 Oceano Dunes campground, Pismo State Beach, San Luis Obispo County, CA

8/8/17 Oceano Dunes campground, Pismo State Beach, San Luis Obispo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Beach Evening Primrose

SPECIES: Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia

FAMILY: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/16/2002

LOCATION: Salt Marsh Interpretive Trail, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Perennial or subshrub, short-lived, rosetted, densely strigose (rarely glabrous); hairs of inflorescence generally erect, short

Stems prostrate to ± ascending, < 60(130) cm, peeling

Leaf 5–50 mm, narrowly ovate to obovate, minutely serrate; cauline petioles 0–10 mm

Inflorescence nodding

Flower: hypanthium 2.1–8.5 mm; sepals 4–11.5 mm; petals 6–20 mm, yellow fading reddish, bases with 0–2 red dots

Fruit 10–25 mm, 2–2.5 mm wide, 4-angled, generally 1–2-coiled

Seeds in 1 row per chamber, 1.2–1.3 mm, minutely pitted in rows, dull brownish black

Ecology: Sandy slopes, flats, coastal dunes

Elevation: < 100 m.  

Bioregional distribution: North Coast, Central Coast, South Coast, Channel Islands 

Distribution outside California: sw Oregon, n Baja California