[Sun Cups: The Genus Camissoniopsis in the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest]

Pale Sun Cup

Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida

Synonyms: Camissonia pallida subsp. pallida; Oenothera abramsii

Pale Sun Cup: Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida (Synonyms: Camissonia pallida subsp. pallida; Oenothera abramsii) - Pale Sun Cup: Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida (Synonyms: Camissonia pallida subsp. pallida; Oenothera abramsii)

Pale sun cups as seen in the desert wash in Hornblend Canyon, located on the west side of Highway S-2 at about MP 26.1, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park..........March 30, 2010.

Pale Sun Cup: Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida (Synonyms: Camissonia pallida subsp. pallida; Oenothera abramsii) - Pale Sun Cup: Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida (Synonyms: Camissonia pallida subsp. pallida; Oenothera abramsii) - Pale Sun Cup: Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida (Synonyms: Camissonia pallida subsp. pallida; Oenothera abramsii)

Pale sun cups in bloom on the desert wash at Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA......March 23, 2005.

Pale Sun Cup: Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida (Synonyms: Camissonia pallida subsp. pallida; Oenothera abramsii) - Pale Sun Cup: Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida (Synonyms: Camissonia pallida subsp. pallida; Oenothera abramsii) - Pale Sun Cup: Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida (Synonyms: Camissonia pallida subsp. pallida; Oenothera abramsii)

Pale Sun Cup: Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida (Synonyms: Camissonia pallida subsp. pallida; Oenothera abramsii) - Pale Sun Cup: Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida (Synonyms: Camissonia pallida subsp. pallida; Oenothera abramsii)

Pale sun cups as seen in the desert wash in Hornblend Canyon, located on the west side of Highway S-2 at about MP 26.1, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park..........March 29, 2006.

Pale Sun Cup: Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida (Synonyms: Camissonia pallida subsp. pallida; Oenothera abramsii) - Pale Sun Cup: Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida (Synonyms: Camissonia pallida subsp. pallida; Oenothera abramsii)

Pale sun cups as seen at left in the desert wash in Rainbow Canyon, located on the north side of Highway S-2 at about MP 27.6, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA..........March 30, 2006. The photo at right shows what is probably a strange looking pale sun cups in the desert wash in Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park........March 24, 2010.

Paul Slichter