Camissonia kernensis

Kern County evening primrose

Family: Onagraceae · Type: annual · Native

Kern County evening primrose is a California native annual found in desert and foothill regions at elevations up to 1,500 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces bright yellow flowers that fade to reddish-pink, with two large basal spots on delicate petals 8 to 18 millimeters long. Growing with erect stems 5 to 30 centimeters tall and covered in dense spreading hairs, some of which are glandular. Its leaves are narrowly elliptic, 10 to 38 millimeters long with sparse serrations along the edges. The fruit is distinctive, developing 22 to 37 millimeters long and slightly swollen with seeds.

California counties: Kern, Ventura, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Riverside, Madera, San Luis Obispo

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.