Taraxia ovata
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|image = Camissonia ovata 2.jpg
|genus = Taraxia
|species = ovata
|synonyms = *Camissonia ovata (Nutt.) P.H.Raven
- Oenothera ovata Nutt.
| status = G3
| status_system = TNC
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Taraxia ovata is a species of wildflower native to California and Oregon known by the common name goldeneggs or sun cup.
Description
File:Suncup Primrose, camissonia ovata (27543590598).jpg
This is a fleshy, taprooted perennial which often grows in clay soil. It has a wide rosette of long, alternate,Jepson Manual, 1993 feather-shaped or oval leaves which sometimes have wavy edges.
The flowers grow atop thin erect stems and are usually yellow and occasionally white, or yellow with white spots near the bases of the four spoon-shaped petals. The stamens are short compared to Camissonia.
Distribution
Among areas of occurrence are the North Coast Range of California up to elevations of 1600 feet,Calflora, 2008 including Sonoma and Marin County,C.M. Hogan, 2008 extending south to San Luis Obispo County.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Taraxia+ovata Taraxia ovata] at Calflora online
References
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External links
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- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Taraxia+ovata Calflora: Taraxia ovata]
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5263,5264,5319 Jepson Manual Treatment (1993) University of California]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Camissonia+ovata Photo gallery]
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Category:Plants described in 1840
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