Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia, Beach Evening Primrose

Scientific Name: Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia

Common names: Beach Evening Primrose, Beach Suncup

A prostrating California native primrose that can reach a height of up to four inches tall and three feet wide.  Yellow flowers bloom in the winter through summer.  It is commonly found in the dunes off the coast of California.  

Plant with: Coast Eriogonum (Eriogonum latifolium),Sand Verbena (Abronia species), Pt. Reyes Ceanothus (Ceanothus gloriosus), Twinberry (Lonicera involucrata), Lupine (Lupinus species), Bluff Lettuce (Dudleya farinosa), Coast Silktassel (Garrya elliptica), Yellow Stonecrop (Sedum spathulifolium), and Dune Manzanita (Arctostaphylos pumila), Coastal plants such as other Verbena species (Abronia maritima, Abronia umbellata), Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), Silver Beachweed (Ambrosia chamissonis), Beach Sage (Artemisia pycnocephala), Saltbush species (Atriplex spp.), Cakile maritima, Morning-glory species (Calystegia spp.), Sandcarpet (Cardionema ramosissimum), Croton (Croton californicus), Seaside Daisy species (Erigeron spp.), Buckwheat species (Eriogonum latifolium, Eriogonum parvifolium), Seaside Woolly Sunflower(Eriophyllum staechadifolium), Wallflower (Erysimum spp.), Beach Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis), Coastal Gumplant (Grindelia stricta)

Care:

- Best in full sun

- Sandy soil

- Water once a month once established

- Attracts bees and butterflies

- Water max once a week once established

- Hardy up to -20

- Native to California