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Heart-leaved Primrose, Camissonia cardiophylla

Heart-leaved Primrose, Camissonia cardiophylla
Onagraceae

What's in a name? Cardiologists are physicians who attend to peoples' hearts. Phylla means leaf. Cardiophylla means heart-shaped leaf. But there is more than that to this plant, a lover of sheltered places that don't get much sun. The younger flowers are yellow, but as they age they turn red, often giving us a plant with both colors.