Scientific Name
Oenothera biennis

Common Name
Evening primrose

Life Cycle: Biennial or perennial

Height: 3 to 5 feet
Flower/fruit: 1 to 2 inch pale yellow flower has four petals atop the long, slender calyx tube; flowers open in the evening and remain open through morning, closing in the heat of the day
Flowering Season: Spring to fall
Foliage: Elliptic to lance-shaped leaves are stalkless, 1 to 6 inches long, wavy-toothed; erect, stout stem is often red-tinged
Site: Poor to average well-drained soil; sun
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