| Pink Evening Primrose |
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| File size | 672029 |
| Original date | 6/29/08 10:20 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/331s |
| Aperture | 3.2 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Botanical name: Oenothera rosea Family: Onagraceae (Evening primrose family)
Pink Evening Primrose is an interesting wild-flower native to Central and
South America. However, it is widely naturalized in India, and can be seen
growing wild high in the Himalayas. It is a well-branched perennial herb,
flowering the first year, with stems 10-40 cm tall, densely bristly.
Leaves are nearly entire or somewhat cut, elliptic or rarely narrowly
ovate, 2-5 x 1-2.5 cm. Leaf stalk is 0.2-2.5 cm long. Flowers open near
sunrise. Mature buds are erect. Flower tube is 4-8 mm long. Sepals are
7-12 mm long. The four petals are rose to rose-purple in color,
inverted-egg shaped, 4-12 mm long. Style is 0.8-1.4 cm long, the stigma
surrounded by the anthers. Capsule is club-shaped, 1.3-3 cm long, tapering
to a sterile portion 0.5-2 cm long. Flowering: April-September.
| Identification credit: Tabish | Photographed on McLeodganj-Triund route, Himachal Pradesh. |
• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,