Brown-Eyed Evening Primrose

Camissonia claviformis

Brown-Eyed Evening Primrose is an annual plant growing from a basal rosette of long oval leaves and producing stems often exceeding half a meter in height

Range

Mojave, Sonoran and Great Basin deserts

Habitat

Open, sandy desert washes and plains below 6500 feet.

Flowers

White with brown center

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