Pale Evening Primrose

Descrição:

Oenothera pallida Lindl. subsp. pallida. Has also been treated as var. pallida. In addition to the beetle eating the stamens, there is a tiny reddish mite-sized insect just above the beetle's right antenna almost in the direct center of the flower..May 12, 2012, Wasatch foothills, within small remaining amount of natural open space in the vicinity of the University of Utah Research Park, approx. 5075 ft. Very few plants of this species in this area; here there are mostly scattered O. cespitosa.