Camissoniopsis lewisii

Lewis' evening-primrose

Family: Onagraceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 3

Lewis' evening-primrose is a California native annual found in southern California coastal areas and western Peninsular Ranges in coastal grasslands and sandy or clay soils at elevations below 300 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces pale yellow flowers with small basal spots, blossoming 2.5 to 5.5 millimeters wide. Growing with decumbent or erect stems up to 60 centimeters tall, it branches readily and has spreading hairs throughout the inflorescence. Its narrow lance-elliptic leaves measure 10 to 80 millimeters long, with minute teeth and growing nearly sessile on the stem. The fruit develops as a moderately stout, 4-angled pod that is typically 13 to 20 millimeters long and often slightly coiled.

Habitat: Grassland, sandy or clay soils, coastal

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: < 300 m

Bioregions: SCo, w PR

California counties: San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, 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.