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Common Evening-Primrose

Oenothera biennis

Photo by Christine Y.
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Field Notes

Description:

Lemon-scented, 4-petaled, yellow flowers that are hermaphroditic. The flowers are produced on a many-flowered, tall, terminal spike and only bloom at night, closing by noon the next day. Hence the common name "evening primrose."

Habitat:

On the edge of a meadow next to a rural farm.

Notes:

Evening primrose oil, which has culinary and medicinal applications, is made from this plant.

Reference Links:

Oenothera biennis - Wikipedia

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