Camissonia kernensis subsp. gilmanii

Family: Onagraceae · Type: annual · Native

Gilman's evening primrose is a California native annual found in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, eastern Sierra Nevada, and northern and western Mojave Desert in washes and slopes at elevations of 760 to 1,800 meters. Flowering in May, this plant produces small yellow flowers with delicate, open petals. Growing with slender stems less than 30 centimeters tall and sparse glandular hairs, it forms an open, loose habit. Its leaves are not clustered at the base, with narrow blades spreading along the stem. The fruit is carried on short pedicels up to 5 millimeters long.

Habitat: Washes, slopes

Bloom period: May

Elevation: 760-1800 m

Bioregions: se SNH, s SNE (esp Inyo Co.), n&ampw DMoj

California counties: Kern, San Bernardino, Inyo, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo

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