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Camissonia
Camissonia, sometimes commonly known as sun cup or sundrop, is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the evening primrose family Onagraceae. A total of 12 species are known, nearly all from western North America, especially in the California Floristic Province, but also one from South America. Previous circumscriptions of the genus had recognized up to 62 species before it was split among other closely related genera.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Mojave Suncup
speciesCamissonia campestris
sandysoil suncup
speciesCamissonia strigulosa
plains evening primrose
speciesCamissonia contorta
Camissonia dentata
speciesCamissonia dentata
little wiry suncups
speciesCamissonia pusilla
Kern Sun Cups
speciesCamissonia kernensis
Sierra Suncup
speciesCamissonia sierrae
Lewis River suncups
speciesCamissonia parvula
Kern River evening-primrose
speciesCamissonia integrifolia
San Benito evening-primrose
speciesCamissonia benitensis
Hairy Suncup
speciesCamissonia pubens
Grassland Suncup
speciesCamissonia lacustris
Camissonia bolanderi
speciesCamissonia bolanderi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56008.