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field sun cup, Mojave suncup

Stems

usually erect.

Leaves

blade linear to narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblanceolate, margins sparsely serrulate.

2n

= 14.

Camissonia campestris subsp. campestris

Phenology Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Open, sandy flats, desert scrub, non-coastal grasslands.
Elevation 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Subspecies campestris is known from central and southern California; it sometimes occurs sympatrically with the hexaploid Camissonia contorta, forming usually sterile hybrids.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Camissonia > Camissonia campestris
Sibling taxa
C. campestris subsp. obispoensis
Synonyms Oenothera campestris subsp. parishii, O. dentata var. johnstonii, O. dentata var. parishii, Sphaerostigma campestre var. helianthemiflorum, S. campestre var. parishii
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