Camissonia bistorta

Taxobox | name = "Camissonia bistorta"

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
phylum = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Onagraceae
genus = "Camissonia"
species = "C. bistorta"
binomial = "Camissonia bistorta"
binomial_authority = (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) P.H.Raven
synonyms = "Oenothera bistorta"

"Camissonia bistorta" is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names southern suncup and California suncup. It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in several types of plant community along the coast and in the coastal hills and mountain ranges. This is a hairy annual or perennial herb spreading from a basal rosette with stems reaching up to 80 centimeters long. Leaves are lance-shaped to narrowly arrowhead-shaped and sometimes toothed, and 1 to 12 centimeters in length. Toward the end of the spreading stems are nodding inflorescences of flowers, each flower with four bright yellow petals dotted with red at their bases. At the center are stamens and a protruding, nearly spherical stigma. The fruit is a straight or slightly coiled capsule up to 4 centimeters long.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5263,5264,5268 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CABI12 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Camissonia+bistorta Photo gallery]