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Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia
Yellow cup flower with red spots on inside and yellow, flat stigma. Leaves are green and fuzzy. Plant creeps along sand and rocks, spreading out. "The Beach suncup grows prostrate along the beach surface, forming mats more than 1 m. across. It forms long stems growing from a central crown, lined with silvery grey-green leaves. The prostrate form and swinging stems allow the plant to survive well on the windy, shifting sands of the coast. The four-petalled flowers open in the morning (typical among suncups) and are bright yellow, fading to reddish." - Wikipedia
On the beach in sand. This species is "native to open dunes and sandy soils of coastal California and Oregon." - Wikipedia
Spotted on Apr 2, 2012
Submitted on Apr 3, 2012
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