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E PLURIBUS UNUM —
OUT OF MANY, ONE

HISTORY OF CONGRESS
AND THE CAPITOL

Surveying the Mexican Border

Oenothera primiveris, photograph by Warren L. Wagner

Oenothera primiveris, photograph by Warren L. Wagner

 

Oenothera primiveris, photograph by Warren L. Wagner

Oenothera primiveris, the desert evening primrose, is an annual herb that grows in winter. Its four-petaled yellow flowers open at night, then fade to orange.

 

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

 
History of Congress and the Capitol