Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia

Beach evening-primrose

Family: Onagraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Beach evening-primrose is a California native perennial found along the coastal regions in sandy or rocky coastal habitats near the shoreline. Flowering from March to August, this plant produces yellow flowers approximately 6 to 20 millimeters long with minimal or no basal spots. Growing with prostrate to ascending stems up to 60 centimeters tall that peel and are densely covered in stiff hairs, it forms low-spreading rosettes. Its narrow leaves range from 5 to 50 millimeters long, with delicate ovate to obovate shapes and minutely serrated edges. The fruit is distinctively 4-angled and typically 10 to 25 millimeters long, often with a slight 1 to 2 coil.

California counties: Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Francisco, Humboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino, Los Angeles, Monterey, Marin, Orange, Sonoma, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, Solano

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