Desert Evening Primrose

(Oenothera primiveris)

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Description

Oenothera primiveris is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name desert evening primrose. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in many types of desert habitat. This is a hairy annual herb producing a dense rosette of leaves in which the inflorescence occurs; there is generally no true stem.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Onagraceae
Genus:Oenothera
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