Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
Desert Evening Primrose.
Oenothera primiveris.
Evening Primrose (Onagraceae) family.
The flowers are nocturnal and open in the evening and then close the following morning. The flowers are up to 2 inches (5 cm) across and have 4 broad, notched, heart-shaped petals that turn a pinkish color as they age and wilt. The leaves are solid grayish green to variably spotted with red-brown, oblanceolate in shape, deeply toothed or pinnately lobed except near the leaf tips, and in a flattened basal rosette. The first leaves may not be lobed, while the later leaves are typically very deeply lobed.
Santa Catalina Mountains.
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area
Location: Bear Canyon Road across from restrooms
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