Camissonia bistorta Calflora

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Taxon Report

Camissonia bistorta (Torr. & A. Gray) P. H. Raven

(not an active name)

California sun cup

2005 Chris Wagner, SBNF

2009 Thomas Stoughton

Camissonia bistorta is an annual herb that is native to California, and found only slightly beyond California borders.

also called Camissoniopsis bistorta


	Plant Range Observation Search ~1450 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Camissonia
Family:	Onagraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Habitat: coastal

Communities: Coastal Strand, Coastal Sage Scrub, Southern Oak Woodland, Chaparral

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Oenothera bistorta var. veitchiana
PLANTS	Oenothera bistorta
JEF	Camissoniopsis bistorta

Information about Camissonia bistorta from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (CABI12) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).