Creamcups (Platystemon californicus)

Other names Cream-cups

Creamcups (Platystemon californicus)
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At a glance

Lifecycle
Annual
Exposure
Full sun

Cultivation

Succeeds in a sunny position in most soils. A highly polymorphic species, it is considered by some botanists to be an aggregate species of up to 60 segregates. The flowers have a delicate sweet perfume.

Propagation

Seed - sow spring or early autumn in situ.

Edible uses

Leaves - cooked.

Habitat

Open grassy clay or sandy places, also on burns, usually below 900 metres in California.

Native range

South-western N. America.