Camissonia lacustris
| Camissonia lacustris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Camissonia |
| Species: | C. lacustris
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| Binomial name | |
| Camissonia lacustris | |
Camissonia lacustris is a flowering plant species commonly called grassland suncup. It is an
Sierra Nevada foothills. It is also known from an area in the Northern Coast Ranges in Lake County
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It is an annual herb producing an erect or spreading, sometimes bending or twisting, hairy stem approaching half a meter in maximum length. The leaves grow along the stem and are less than 4 centimeters long and linear or narrowly oval in shape. The nodding inflorescence produces flowers with yellow petals about half a centimeter in length. The petals sometimes have two red dots at their bases. The fruit is a straight wavy capsule which may be several centimeters long.
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