• Miniature Suncup
  • Small-Flowered Evening Primrose
  • Camissoniopsis micrantha
  • Camissonia micrantha
Family: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose)
Flowers — color: yellow, size: 1/4", type: 4 petals

One or more small 1/4" bright yellow flowers rise above the main plant. Each of the four petals has a central fold that may give the illusion of notched edge. The eight stamens and prominent pistil are all yellow. Flowers seem identical to its relatives, intermediate and sandysoil suncup.

Suncup has 4-petaled yellow flower, hairy leaf rosette wider view photo #1 lusher specimen of suncup along woodland trail

Habit:
This annual herb is a rosette of hairy leaves, up to 1–3" wide. Some leaves bear a reddish tinge. But for the lovely tiny blooms, this looks like a weed. Camissoniopsis has become the preferred genus name. Sandy, sunny open areas in the coastal scrub and chaparral.