Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Camissonia strigulosa is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name sandysoil suncup. The plant is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in sandy areas, such as beaches, mountain sandbars, and the Mojave Desert. Camissonia strigulosa is an annual herb with a tough, slender, hairy stem which may grow erect or lie along the sand. It approaches 50 centimeters in maximum length and is lined with small, thin green to red linear leaves with tiny bumpy teeth along the edges. The flower has four yellow petals a few millimeters long which may have red spots near the bases. The fruit is a long, very thin podlike capsule containing tiny seeds.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 ft Tall

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Color

Yellow, Red

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

1 confirmed and 3 likely

Confirmed Likely

Kern primrose sphinx

Euproserpinus euterpe

Phaeton Primrose Sphinx Moth

Euproserpinus phaeton

Clark's Day Sphinx Moth

Proserpinus clarkiae

Pacific Green Sphinx Moth

Proserpinus lucidus