Chylismia claviformis (Brown-Eyed Evening Primrose)

3/15/19 Desert Lily Sanctuary, Desert Center, Chuckwalla Valley,
E. Riverside County, CA

 3/4/17 Shaver's Valley, E. Riverside County, CA

3/4/17 Shaver's Valley, E. Riverside County, CA

4/4/17 Ricardo Campground
Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, CA

4/3/11 Meccacopia Trail, Box Canyon Rd., Mecca Hills, 
Riverside County, CA

2/27/05 San Felipe Wash, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, CA

 3/13/05 Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, CA

 3/7/04 DiGiorgio Road, Coyote Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, CA

 3/22/03 Desert View Nature Trail, Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, CA
  

3/25/01 Jawbone Road, Jawbone Canyon OHV Area, 
N. Mojave, Kern County, CA 

 3/21/04 Shaver's Valley, Riverside County, CA

 3/8/03 Box Canyon Rd. north of Sheep Hole Oasis Trail, 
Mecca Hills, Riverside County, CA

3/17/01 SR-22, Palm Canyon Drive, Anza Borrego 
Desert State Park, San Diego County, CA 

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Brown-Eyed Evening Primrose

SPECIES: Chylismia claviformis

FAMILY: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/17/2001

LOCATION: SR-22, Palm Canyon Drive, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Annual. 

Stem: 3--70 cm. 

Leaf: generally basal, generally 1-pinnate; terminal leaflet 8--90 mm, lanceolate to cordate; lateral leaflets < 25 mm or 0. 

Inflorescence: nodding. 

Flower: generally opening near dusk; hypanthium 1--6.5 mm; sepals 2--8 mm, free tips in bud present or not; petals 1.5--8 mm, yellow or white; stamens +- equal. 

Fruit: ascending or spreading, 8--38 mm, wider to tip, straight or curved; pedicel 4--40 mm. 

Seed: 0.6--1.5 mm. 

Note: Cross-pollinated; most complex, widespread sp. in genus; 11 subspecies, 8 in California. 

Synonyms: Camissonia claviformis (Torr. & Frém.) P.H. Raven

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