Paleyellow Suncup
Camissonia pallida
Photographed near Mesquite Wash, e. Maricopa Co., Arizona. May 2008.
ANNUAL: Mostly erect spring annual, sometimes falling over and branching
upward. Rarely up to ½ meter tall.
FLOWERS: Four yellow petals, eight stamens. Blooming around April/May.
LEAVES: Narrow, elyptic to triangular leaves with some small teeth along margins with
short, petioles < 2mm.
RANGE: More common in the Sonoran Desert at mid to upper elevations on
rocky slopes and along washes.
FRUIT: Long, narrow, weakly four-angled pods Inferior to corolla. Pods
one to a few cm long variously coiled.
UNARMED