Sun Cups (Taraxia ovata) Login         


        Description
  • EW Bloom Feb - Jun
  • This 4-petaled yellow flower is easy to spot in late spring.
  • Leaves are fleshy and roughly oval, often with red veins.
  • It's primarily found west of the Central Valley, from San Francisco to Mendocino.
  • CA native. Endemic to the California Floristic Province.
  • AKA Golden Eggs
  • Evening Primrose Family (Onagraceae)



The flower has four separate yellow petals. Long stamens and a pistil emerge from the center.



Sun cups grows low to the ground, above a rosette of leaves.



Each flower grows on a separate stalk. The stalks are often red.

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This low-growing [[perennial]] grows from a thick taproot. Leaves are fleshy, wide and wavy-edged. They have pointed tips. Flowers are eye- ...

A rosette of leaves forms at the base. They're wide, pointed, and often show red in their veins.

Sun cups grows low to the ground, so you often see their bright yellow flowers against a bed of green leaves.

Flower "stems" are often red, adding a third bright color.

Eight [[stamens]] have triangular [[anthers]]. A single [[pistil]] ends in a hemispheric [[stigma]] that receives pollen. Below the four yello ...