Species
Camissonia contorta (Plains evening primrose)
Camissonia contorta. Photo: (c) Jim Morefield, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Camissonia contorta is a species of evening primrose known by the common name plains evening primrose. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Idaho, where it grows in many habitat types. It is an annual herb producing a slender, bending to curling red or green stem which is sometimes hairy. It is up to 30 centimeters long and erect or spreading out. The blue-green leaves are linear to very narrowly…
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
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Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
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Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
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Order: Myrtales (Myrtles, evening primroses, and allies)
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Family: Onagraceae (Evening primrose family)
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Genus: Camissonia
- Species: Camissonia contorta (Plains evening primrose)
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Genus: Camissonia
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Family: Onagraceae (Evening primrose family)
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Order: Myrtales (Myrtles, evening primroses, and allies)
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Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
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Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
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Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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