Rose evening primrose
Oenothera rosea L'Hér. ex Aiton
- light
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- water
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- tall
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- wide
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Onagraceae
Also called Pink evening primrose, Pink Evening-Primrose, Rose Evening-Primrose
Formerly Gaura epilobia, Godetia heucki, Hartmannia rosea, Hartmannia virgata, and 5 more
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. California to S. Texas and W. & S. South America, Cuba, JamaicaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Flowers
- Red, pinkRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, height, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Hierba del golpe, shullo rosado, flor de la oración
- root
- tarapeni, xakandeni, Tzajal nich wamal
- Japanese
- ユウゲショウ, 夕化粧, アカバナユウゲショウ
- Czech
- pupalka růžová
- Catalan
- Enotera rosa
- Chinese (China)
- 粉花月见草
- Swedish
- rosennattljus
- Chinese
- 夕化妝, 粉花月見草, 粉花月见草
- Danish
- Lyserød Natlys
- Afrikaans
- Pienkaandblom, rooskleurige-aandblom, Pienknagblom
- Hebrew
- נר-הלילה הורוד
- Russian
- Энотера розовая
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
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