Rose Evening Primrose
Oenothera rosea
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Rose Evening Primrose
Identify Rose Evening Primrose by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Onagraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Rose Evening Primrose.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Oenothera rosea
- Genus
- Oenothera
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Peru
- Distribution
- Peru, Europe, Himalayas, India, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rose Evening Primrose itself; the rest are typical of the Onagraceae family — flowering plants only.
About Rose Evening Primrose
Rose evening primrose (Oenothera rosea) belongs to the Onagraceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and 7 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Onagraceae
Evening-Primrose Family
Rose Evening Primrose belongs to the Onagraceae family.
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