Early Evening Primrose
by Robert Bales
Title
Early Evening Primrose
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
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Out for a little ride in the Sonoran Desert and found the Evening Primrose and the early sand verbena.
Oenothera deltoides is a species of evening primrose known by several common names, including birdcage evening primrose, basket evening primrose, lion in a cage, and devil's lantern. It is native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in sandy habitats from desert to beach.
The plant is grayish with basal, deltoid leaves. The large white flowers turn pinkish as they mature. When the plants die, the stems curl upward and form the "birdcage" for which the common name is derived.
There are five subspecies. One of these, the Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose (ssp. howellii), is a federally listed endangered species known from a few sandy spots in the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge just inland from the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
This bushlike, sweet-scented annual is most often a grayish green, creeping dune plant growing 2 to 18 inches high and spreading as wide as 40 inches.
Sparse, pale green, hairy leaves grow as long as 4 inches, mostly on the ends of stalks emerging from a dense basal rosette. The long,oval leaves are often lobed, toothed, grooved or cleft.
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March 4th, 2017
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Comments (17)
Spencer McDonald
Congratulations! Your beautiful HDR image has been featured on the homepage of the original "HDR photography" group here at Fine Art America.
Chrisann Ellis
Robert, Your Outstanding Work has been Featured On The Home Page of Weekly Fun For All Mediums...Congrats!!!
Michael Mirijan
This wonderful picture is featured on the homepage of the "Pictures for Present" group.
Glenn DiPaola
You have so much great work I never know where to start. Beautiful colors and details in this. The shadows really play well in the frame. L/F
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks so much Glenn for the wonderful comments and those shadows sure do add to the image. Thanks for the LF!!