Oenothera tetraptera Cav.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Borrowdale Common, Harare

Photo: Bart Wursten
Lanner Avenue, Borrowdale Common

Synonyms:
Common names:	White evening primrose (English)
Frequency:	Local
Status:	Introduced
Description:	Low-growing perennial herb, covered in long white hairs. The white flowers open at dusk, shriveling up to purple-pink in the morning.
Notes:	Raven in FZ states that this is "weedy locally around Harare, Rusape and Mutare". We have not seen it in the latter two cities but it is fairly frequent on roadside verges in the northern suburbs of Harare, where it may be seen at night in the beams of car headlights.
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat:	Roadsides
Altitude range: (metres)	1500 m (approx)
Flowering time:	Sep - Mar
Worldwide distribution:	Native to Texas and Mexico; a weed elsewhere
Zimbabwe distribution:	C,E
Growth form:	P
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Tuesday 3 April 2007
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