Chylismia claviformis subsp. funerea

Family: Onagraceae · Type: annual · Native

Death Valley suncup is a California native annual found in northern Death Valley regions including Eureka, Saline, and Death valleys in dry creosote-bush scrub at elevations of -70 to 900 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces white flowers that gradually fade to purple, with petals 3.5 to 7.5 millimeters long. Growing with strigose stems that are especially dense near the base, it forms a compact annual herb. Its leaves feature a terminal leaflet up to 80 millimeters long, characteristically ovate and generally heart-shaped, with few or no lateral leaflets. The plant's hypanthium measures 3 to 5.5 millimeters long, with distinctive sepal tips that are free and conspicuously positioned near the tip of the bud.

Habitat: dry slopes, flats, creosote-bush scrub

Bloom period: Mar-May

Elevation: -70-900 m

Bioregions: n DMoj (Eureka, Saline, Death valleys).

California counties: San Bernardino, Inyo

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