Evening Primrose

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Yellow flowers of Oenothera also known as evening primrose, suncups and sundrops.

Oenothera biennis

A bottle of evening primrose oil with fresh evening primrose flowers in the background

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Evening Primrose (Wikipedia)
"Sundrop" redirects here. For the soft drink, see Sun Drop. For the fruit tree, see Eugenia victoriana.
"Evening Primrose" redirects here. For the musical, see Evening Primrose (musical).
"Suncup" redirects here. For the snow surface texture, see Suncup (snow).

Oenothera
Oenothera rubricaulis 2014 G1.jpg
Oenothera biennis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Onagraceae
Subfamily:Onagroideae
Tribe:Onagreae
Genus:Oenothera
L.
Species

145 species (188 taxa) in 18 sections, including:
O. affinis
O. acaulis
O. albicaulis
O. arequipensis
O. argillicola
O. bahia-blancae
O. biennis
O. brachycarpa
O. caespitosa
O. californica
O. canescens
O. catharinensis
O. cavernae
O. cinerea
O. clelandii
O. coloradensis
O. coquimbensis
O. coronopifolia
O. curtiflora
O. curtissii
O. deltoides
O deltoides ssp. howellii
O. drummondii
O. elata
O. elongata
O. featherstonei
O. flava
O. fraserii
O. fruticosa
O. gaura
O. glaucifolia
O. glazioviana
O. grandiflora
O. grandis
O. harringtonii
O. hartwegii
O. heterophylla
O. hexandra
O. howardii
O. humifusa
O. indecora
O. jamesii
O. laciniata
O. lamarckiana
O. lavandulifolia
O. lindheimeri
O. linifolia
O. longissima
O. longituba
O. macrocarpa
O. mendocinensis
O. mexicana
O. mollissima
O. montevidensis
O. nana
O. nutans
O. oakesiana
O. odorata
O. pallida
O. parodiana
O. parviflora
O. pedunculifolia
O. perennis
O. peruana
O. picensis
O. pilosella
O. primiveris
O. pubescens
O. punae
O. ravenii
O. rhombipetala
O. rosea
O. rubinervis
O. sandiana
O. santarii
O. scabra
O. serrulata
O. siambonensis
O. sinuosa
O. speciosa
O. stricta
O. stubbei
O. suffrutescens
O. tafiensis
O. tarijensis
O. tetraptera
O. triloba
O. tubicula
O. versicolor
O. villaricae
O. villosa
O. wolfii
O. xenogaura
O. xylocarpa

List sources :

See: List of Oenothera species.

Oenothera is a genus of about 145 species of herbaceous flowering plants native to the Americas. It is the type genus of the family Onagraceae. Common names include evening primrose, suncups, and sundrops. They are not closely related to the true primroses (genus Primula).

Evening Primrose (Wiktionary)

English

Noun

evening primrose (plural evening primroses)

  1. Any of various flowering plants of the genus Oenothera or Camissonia, in the family Onagraceae,
    1. especially the common evening primrose, Oenothera biennis.
  2. Any plant of family Onagraceae, the evening primrose family.

Derived terms

  • evening primrose oil
  • common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

Translations

References

  • Oenothera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Camissonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Onagraceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Oenothera on Wikispecies.
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