Eremothera boothii subsp. alyssoides
Pine creek evening-primrose, Pine Creek Evening-Primrose
Family: Onagraceae · Type: annual · Native
Conservation status: CNPS 4.3
Pine creek evening-primrose is a California native annual found in the Mono Basin and White and Inyo Mountains in sandy sagebrush slopes and flats at elevations of 600 to 1,700 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces delicate yellow flowers with petals arranged in loose clusters. Growing with slender stems 3 to 35 centimeters tall and covered in dense, minute strigose hairs, it forms a compact annual form. Its leaves are narrow and lanceolate, measuring 10 to 40 millimeters long, with proximal leaves often oblanceolate or absent. The fruit is distinctive, measuring 1 to 1.4 millimeters wide and characterized by strongly wavy and twisted surfaces.
Habitat: Sandy slopes, flats, generally sagebrush scrub
Bloom period: May-Aug
Elevation: 600-1700 m
Bioregions: MP, W&I
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