| Calylophus lavandulifolius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Calylophus |
| Species: | C. lavandulifolius |
| Binomial name | |
| Calylophus lavandulifolius (Torr. & A.Gray) P.H.Raven | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oenothera lavandulifolia Torr. & A.Gray | |
Calylophus lavandulifolius (lavender leaf sundrops, formerly Oenothera lavandulifolia) is a low-growing perennial plant in the evening primrose family found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.
Inflorescence and fruit
From May to July it blooms with striking yellow flowers that fade to shades of orange or lavender as the flower dries up.
Habitat and range
It grows in blackbrush scrub and mixed desert shrub up into pinyon juniper woodland and ponderosa pine forest communities, as far north as South Dakota, and up to 8,500 feet (2,600 m) in elevation in the southwest.
References
- ^ Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7
- NRCS. "Calylophus lavandulifolius". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 24 May 2018.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Calylophus lavandulifolius | |
| Oenothera lavandulifolia |
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- Onagraceae
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the United States
- Flora of the South-Central United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region
- Flora of the Great Plains (North America)
- Taxa named by Asa Gray
- Taxa named by John Torrey
- Myrtales stubs