Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Oenothera platanorum P.H.Raven & D.R.Parn. sect. Hartmannia |
Bibliography | Madrońo 20: 246 (1970) |
Native Range | Arizona to Sonora |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 700-1900m |
Description | leaves 2-7cm, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, sometimes narrowly ovate, serrate, petiolate, flowers solitary, opening at morning, petals 8-15mm |
Size | 5-40cm |
Color | pink-purple |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |