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Oenothera sp

Oenothera sp

Description:

The species vary in size from small alpine plants 10 cm tall, to vigorous lowland species growing to 3 m. The leaves form a basal rosette at ground level and spiral up to the flowering stems; the leaves are dentate or deeply lobed. The flowers of many species open within less than a minute in the evening, hence the name "evening-primrose", and are yellow in most species but white, purple, pink or red in a few

Habitat:

native to North and South America

Notes:

this one is in my garden!

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PatriciaPi
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PatriciaPi

Calpe/Calp, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Spotted on Jun 3, 2011
Submitted on Dec 28, 2011

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