Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

View additional distribution information on the Jepson eflora

Tetrapteron graciliflorum is a species of evening primrose known by the common name hill suncup. It is native to Oregon and California, where it grows in several habitat types, often on clay soils. It is an annual herb generally with no stem but producing an upright, nodding inflorescence. There is a cluster of narrow leaves each one to ten centimeters long. The flowers have bright yellow petals one half to two centimeters long. The fruit is a leathery capsule less than a centimeter in length with four chambers containing bumpy brown seeds.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

1 in Tall

Calscape icon
Color

Yellow

Plant communities

Foothill Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland, Valley Grassland