​Pale Evening Primrose,Oenothera pallida,Evening Primrose Family (Onagraceae)

~Marilyn Phillips
​Found in sandy areas
Seen blooming in June in Arroyo de los Pinavetes, Santa Fe NF, Medanales
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Pale Evening Primrose grows to 20 inches high with arching reddish stems and flowers in the upper part of the stem. Older stems turn white and flaky. Leaves are narrow and can be entire, toothed or deeply lobed. Flowers are showy, fragrant and satiny white, up to three inches across with a greenish-yellow center, a hairless throat and long yellow stamens. Petals have a distinct ridge in the middle of the petal from the center of the flower. Like all evening primroses, the flowers open near sunset and close in the morning sun, drying to pink. Native Americans used the plant as a ceremonial emetic, for venereal disease, sores, spider bites, kidney disease, snake bites, sore throat, and in other ceremonial ways. Source.
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