Blue Jay Campground, Cleveland National Forest, Riverside Co., CA. 3-29-08. © Joan Avise |
Strigulose evening primrose Camissonia strigulosa A 2-10 inch slender-stemmed downy annual found on dry slopes and sandy places in chaparral. The tiny yellow flowers are about 1/4 inch across with the typical 4 sepals, 4 petals, 8 stamens and ball-shaped stigma. Leaves are nearly linear, 1/16 in. x 1 in. in size. The seedpods are cylindrical and snake-like, 1-1/2 in. long. There are often smaller leaves in the axils of lower leaves. Onagraceae Back to Onagraceae of Orange County, California |
Blue Jay Campground, Cleveland National Forest, Riverside Co., CA. 3-29-08. © Joan Avise |
Blue Jay Campground, Cleveland National Forest, Riverside Co., CA. 3-29-08. © Joan Avise |