Oenothera tetraptera
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Borrowdale Common, Harare
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Lanner Avenue, Borrowdale Common
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Lanner Avenue, Borrowdale Common
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| Common names: | White evening primrose (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Low-growing perennial herb, covered in long white hairs. The white flowers open at dusk, shriveling up to purple-pink in the morning. |
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| Habitat: | Roadsides and distrubed ground. |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native to Texas and Mexico; a weed elsewhere. In Africa known from Angola, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and South Africa. |
| Provinces: | HA |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 126. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 65. Raven, P.H. (1978). Onagraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 332. |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Oenothera tetrapteraFlora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Oenothera tetraptera
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Oenothera tetrapteraAfrican Plant Database: Oenothera tetraptera
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Oenothera tetraptera
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Oenothera tetraptera
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