(As of 2007, treated as Chylismia scapoidea subsp. scapoidea that our local floras have not caught up with.)Camissonia scapoidea var. scapoidea (at one time placed in Oenothera). As just barely visible here, the yellow petals are often, but not always, red-spotted at the base. The stigma is only slightly elevated above the anthers at the time of flowering and so the flowers are believed to be adapted for self-pollination. The nodding racemes, smallish flowers, and mainly basal leaves help to identify this species.May 28, 2011, eastern Duchesne County, Utah, at 5,070 ft. elev.
(As of 2007 in a treatment our local floras haven't kept up with, this is being recognized as Chylismia scapoidea subsp. scapoidea .)Camissonia scapoidea var. scapoidea (at one time placed in Oenothera).This was in a mostly non-weedy area generaly, but here growing on roadcut near a dirt road and while there are several other native species here, most glaring is also the awful introduced weed Halogeton glomeratus. The other natives that are here include: The erect white-flowered plant is the composite Chaenactis stevioides var. stevioides. At the far right is an Astragalus in flower, probably Astragalus geyeri. There is a plant that is tipped over in the middle/center that might be an Allium. A. textile was profusely in flower in the vicinity.At the back center-left is a small 5-petaled bluish flowering plant that might be Microsteris gracilis, a member of the Phlox family.May 28, 2011, eastern Duchesne County, Utah, at 5,070 ft. elev.