Oenothera pilosella | |
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Oenothera pilosella ssp. sessilis in a prairie remnant in Arkansas | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Onagraceae |
Genus: | Oenothera |
Species: | O. pilosella
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Binomial name | |
Oenothera pilosella |
Oenothera pilosella is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name meadow evening primrose. It is native to the United States and eastern Canada. [1] [2]
This species is grown as an ornamental garden plant. It produces flowers with yellow petals in late spring and early summer. [3]
There are two subspecies. One, subsp. sessilis, is a rare herb native to the Mississippi River Valley in Louisiana and Arkansas. [4]
Oenothera pilosella | |
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Oenothera pilosella ssp. sessilis in a prairie remnant in Arkansas | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Onagraceae |
Genus: | Oenothera |
Species: | O. pilosella
|
Binomial name | |
Oenothera pilosella |
Oenothera pilosella is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name meadow evening primrose. It is native to the United States and eastern Canada. [1] [2]
This species is grown as an ornamental garden plant. It produces flowers with yellow petals in late spring and early summer. [3]
There are two subspecies. One, subsp. sessilis, is a rare herb native to the Mississippi River Valley in Louisiana and Arkansas. [4]