Camissoniopsis pallida
# Camissoniopsis pallida

Camissoniopsis pallida is a low growing, yellow-flowered annual plant in the evening primrose family, $Onagraceae.^{:238}$ It is known by the common names pale $primrose^{:238}$ or pale yellow suncup. It is native to the desert and scrub habitat of the region where Arizona, California, and Nevada meet. It is a roughly hairy annual herb growing in a low patch on the ground, sometimes producing an erect stem from the basal rosette. The herbage is gray-green to reddish green. The leaves are lance-shaped and up to 3 centimeters long. The nodding inflorescence produces flowers with yellow petals 2 to 13 millimeters long, each with small red markings near the bases. The fruit is a straight to tightly coiled capsule.

