White Wildflower
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Name: Oenothera
caespitosa Common Name: Tufted Evening-primrose, Fragrant Evening Primrose Flower Color: White, but turns pink with age Plant Type: Herb, Subshrub, Perennial Height: To 6 inches (15 cm) tall Date Observed: March 20, 2004 Notes: The flowers are 4 inches (10 cm) across, have 4 heart-shaped petals, and open late in the day and then turn pink and wilt the following morning. The leaves are toothed or lobed, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, 7 inches (18 cm) long or more, and in a basal rosette. |
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