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Camissonia pallida is a species of evening primrose known by the common name pale yellow suncup. It is native to the desert and scrub habitat of the region where Arizona, California, and Nevada meet. It is a roughly hairy annual herb growing in a low patch on the ground, sometimes producing an erect stem from the basal rosette. The herbage is gray-green to reddish green. The leaves are lance-shaped and up to 3 centimeters long. The nodding flower cluster produces flowers with yellow petals 2 to 13 millimeters long, each with small red markings near the bases. The fruit is a straight to tightly coiled capsule.
Annual herb
2 ft Tall
Yellow
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Desert slopes, flats, washes,
Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 4 likely
Ridings' Forester Moth
Alypia ridingsii
Phaeton Primrose Sphinx Moth
Euproserpinus phaeton
Clark's Day Sphinx Moth
Proserpinus clarkiae
Pacific Green Sphinx Moth
Proserpinus lucidus