Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bolivia, California, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Desventurados Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Peru, Texas, Uruguay; introduced into 46 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Southern America, and Other regions (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
-31.006667, 30.177222
Location Remarks
Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Onagraceae
Genus
Oenothera
Specific Epithet
rosea
Authorship
Aiton
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#124,226 of 335,497
Top 38%
Extinction probability
10%