Chylismia brevipes subsp. brevipes

Family: Onagraceae · Type: annual · Native

Chylismia brevipes is a native annual found in Desert (D) bioregion in sandy slopes, washes, alluvial fans, and Joshua-tree woodland at elevations from 70 to 1,800 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces yellow flowers with petals 6 to 18 millimeters long. Growing with spreading hairs and slender stems, it forms delicate low-growing plants. Its leaves are characterized by soft, spreading hairs that give the plant a distinctive texture. The elongated fruit reaches 20 to 92 millimeters in length, with slender pedicels 5 to 20 millimeters long.

Habitat: Sandy slopes, washes, alluvial fans, Joshua-tree woodland (moister areas than other subspecies)

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: -70-1800 m

Bioregions: D

California counties: San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo, Imperial, San Diego

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