Chylismia arenaria Calflora

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Taxon Report

Chylismia arenaria A. Nelson

Sand evening-primrose

2012 Keir Morse

2011 Duncan S. Bell

Chylismia arenaria is an annual or perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

also called Camissonia arenaria

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~68 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Chylismia
Family:	Onagraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF + CNPS	Camissonia arenaria
JEF	Oenothera arenaria
PLANTS	Camissonia arenaria

Information about Chylismia arenaria from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CAAR20) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 2B.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/21/2025).