WILDFLOWERS OF NEW MEXICO

 
 

Erect to semi-prostrate, hairy stems reach 24-inches tall with solitary, 1-inch wide, pale-yellow flowers in the leaf axils. Note the leaf margins are wavy-edged to toothed or deeply incised. Stems are often tinted red. Flowers open at night a close the next morning and fade to a reddish-orange.


FLOWER: June–August. Floral tube 1/2–1 3/8-inches long (12–35 mm) with 4 pale-yellow, deeply notched petals; 8 unequal stamens nearly as long as petals; the anthers surround the stigma. The fruit is a cylindrical capsule 3/4–2 inches long (20–50 mm).


LEAVES: Basal rosette and alternate on stem. Blades oblong to lance-shaped in outline, 1 1/4–4 inches long (3–10 cm); margins pinnately cut into lobes or teeth.


HABITAT: Moist sandy, rocky soils; drainages, stream banks, roadsides, disturbed areas; pinyon-juniper, ponderosa-Douglas fir, spruce forests.


ELEVATION: 5,700–9,400 feet


RANGE: AZ, NM, TX; widespread west of Rocky Mts.


SIMILAR SPECIES: The small flower size and incised leaves distinguish this evening primrose.


NM COUNTIES: Western half and scattered in eastern NM in mid- to high-elevation, moist habitats: Catron, Cibola, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna, Mora, Otero, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Sandoval, Sierra, Socorro.

CUTLEAF  EVENING  PRIMROSE

OENOTHERA  LACINIATA

Evening Primrose Family, Onagraceae

Annual herb

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The small flower with pale-yellow, notched petals, and incised leaves distinguish this evening primrose.

  1. Flowers bloom and fade to reddish -orange.

• The stem, leaves, flower tube, and bent-back (reflexed) sepals are covered with long hairs.

The stems are often tinted red.