Camissonia ovata Calflora

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Taxon Report

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

(not an active name)

Sun cup

Gerald and Buff Corsi2000 California Academy of Sciences

2009 Zoya Akulova

Camissonia ovata is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

also called Taraxia ovata


	Plant Range Observation Search ~1004 records in California Plant Characteristics

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

Communities: Northern Coastal Scrub, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Coastal Prairie

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Oenothera ovata
JEF	Taraxia ovata

Information about Camissonia ovata from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (CAOV4) 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).