General: Brown-eyed Evening-Primrose (Chylismia claviformis) is an annual forb with basal leaves and a flowering stalk. The flowers are white, aging to pink, with a dark brown center. The stigma hangs out beyond the petals. Young leaves with a short petiole appear to be entire, but as the leaves age, the petiole grows, and the older leaves become 1-pinnate. The terminal leaflet is always much larger than the other leaflets.
Brown-eyed Evening-Primrose is a common component of desert vegetation
communities in washes and other gravelly and rocky soils. Around Las Vegas, look for this species in washes at Lake Mead and Death Valley.
Family: Evening Primrose (Onagraceae).
Other Names: Browneyes. Formerly Camissonia claviformis. |