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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Tufted leaves emerge from the base. Like other evening primroses, this fragrant flower opens in late afternoon, blooms through the night and closes by the next morning, withering to pink. Pollinated by hawk moths. It is evergreen in many habitats.
Identification notes: Woody base, no stems or very short ones; leaves basal; blades long, narrow, lance-shaped, margins strongly wavy to lobed, 1 to 4 inches long. Sepals 1 to 1-1/2 inches long. Large white petals, aging to pink to reddish-purple. Seeds not sharply angled.
Height:
2 to 8 inches
Habitat Description: Desert scrub, grasslands, interior chaparral and oak/pinon/juniper woodlands, ponderosa pine; on rocky slopes; especially open sites.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 3000 - 7500 feet
Color:
White, pinkish with age
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Sep
Description:
Large 4 inch flowers have 4 white, heart-shaped petals that turn pinkish-white with age; the 4 sepals are pink, thin, pointed and curve downward. Sepals, petals and stamens form a cup-shaped tube.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Lance-shaped to narrowly elliptical basal leaves, 1 to 4 inches long, have irregular wavy margin or are lobed.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Cylindrical brown capsule, turning woody, 1 to 1-1/2 inches long, is hairy, knobby and angled. Capsules mostly erect and forming clumps at the base of the plant, cylindric to ovoid.
Seed Notes: Seeds dark brown, about 1/8 inch long.
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