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Heartleaf Suncup
Chylismia cardiophylla
  
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About Heartleaf Suncup (Chylismia cardiophylla) Chylismia cardiophylla is a species of evening primrose known by the common name heartleaf suncup. It is native to the deserts of northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States, where it grows in sandy and rocky areas in the desert scrub. It is an annual or perennial herb approaching one meter in maximum height, taking the form of a single erect stem or a low bushy plant. The leaves are up to about 5 centimeters long and are oval or roughly heart-shaped, with rippling or dully toothed edges. The nodding inflorescence is a dense bunch of flowers, each individual cup-shaped bloom on a stout pedicel. The flowers are yellow or cream-colored with petals 3 to 12 millimeters long, and generally remain closed during the day. The fruit is a capsule 2 to 5 centimeters long.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb, Annual herb

Max. Height
3.3 ft (1 m)

Flower Color
Yellow, Cream

Native Status
Native

Natural Setting
Elevation ?
6' - 4463'

Annual Precip. ?
2.5" - 16.7"

Summer Precip. ?
0.51" - 1.84"

Coldest Month ?
41.1° F - 62.6° F

Hottest Month ?
68.5° F - 88.3° F

Humidity ?
2.28 vpd - 40.59 vpd

Landscaping Information
Nursery Availability
Never or Almost Never Available

Other Names
Common Names
Heart-leaved Priarose, Heartleaf Sun-cup


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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