Camissonia
E1040788
Camissonia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as evening primroses, native mainly to western North America and noted for their small, often yellow, four-petaled flowers.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Camissonia canonical | 1 |
| Camissonia bistorta | 1 |
| Camissonia brevipes | 1 |
| Camissonia claviformis | 1 |
| Camissonia contorta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13395951 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Camissonia Context triple: [Onagraceae, includesGenus, Camissonia]
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A.
Ivesia
Ivesia is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae), commonly known as mousetail or ivesia, native mainly to western North America and adapted to rocky, mountainous habitats.
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B.
Swainsona
Swainsona is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, best known for including Sturt's Desert Pea, an iconic wildflower of arid Australia.
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C.
Spermacoce
Spermacoce is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae, commonly known as false buttonweeds and found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Clarkia
Clarkia is a genus of flowering plants native mainly to western North America, known for their showy, colorful blooms often cultivated as ornamental garden annuals.
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E.
Seidlitzia
Seidlitzia is a small genus of salt-tolerant shrubs in the amaranth family, typically found in arid and saline habitats of Eurasia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Camissonia Target entity description: Camissonia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as evening primroses, native mainly to western North America and noted for their small, often yellow, four-petaled flowers.
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A.
Ivesia
Ivesia is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae), commonly known as mousetail or ivesia, native mainly to western North America and adapted to rocky, mountainous habitats.
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B.
Swainsona
Swainsona is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, best known for including Sturt's Desert Pea, an iconic wildflower of arid Australia.
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C.
Spermacoce
Spermacoce is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae, commonly known as false buttonweeds and found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Clarkia
Clarkia is a genus of flowering plants native mainly to western North America, known for their showy, colorful blooms often cultivated as ornamental garden annuals.
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E.
Seidlitzia
Seidlitzia is a small genus of salt-tolerant shrubs in the amaranth family, typically found in arid and saline habitats of Eurasia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Onagraceae ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | evening primroses ⓘ |
| describedBy | Nuttall ⓘ |
| distribution |
Mexico
ⓘ
western United States ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | forb ⓘ |
| family | Onagraceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
white
ⓘ
yellow ⓘ |
| flowerPetalCount | 4 ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | radial symmetry ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous plant ⓘ |
| habitat |
deserts
ⓘ
dry habitats ⓘ grasslands ⓘ sandy soils ⓘ |
| hasFlower | small flowers ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Camissonia bistorta
ⓘ
linked to:
Camissonia
Camissonia brevipes ⓘ
linked to:
Camissonia
Camissonia claviformis ⓘ
linked to:
Camissonia
Camissonia contorta ⓘ
linked to:
Camissonia
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| lifeCycle |
annual
ⓘ
perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
North America
ⓘ
western North America ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales ⓘ |
| petalNumber | four-petaled flowers ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| seedDispersal |
by gravity
ⓘ
by wind ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeOf | flowering plant genus ⓘ |
| usedIn | native plant landscaping ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Camissonia Description of subject: Camissonia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as evening primroses, native mainly to western North America and noted for their small, often yellow, four-petaled flowers.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Camissonia
linked to: Camissonia
linked to: Camissonia
linked to: Camissonia