Oenothera

Oenothera is a genus of about 125 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants, native to North and South America. It is the type genus of the family Onagraceae. Common names include evening primrose, suncups, and sundrops.

Oenothera
Oenothera erythrosepala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Onagraceae
Genus:	Oenothera L.
Species
About 125, including: Oenothera acaulis Oenothera albicaulis Oenothera argillicola Oenothera biennis Oenothera brachycarpa Oenothera bulgarica Oenothera caespitosa Oenothera californica Oenothera coronopifolia Oenothera coryi Oenothera deltoides Oenothera drummondii Oenothera elata Oenothera erythrosepala Oenothera flava Oenothera fruticosa Oenothera glazioviana Oenothera hookeri Oenothera jamesii Oenothera kunthiana Oenothera laciniata Oenothera longissima Oenothera macrocarpa Oenothera missouriensis Oenothera nuttallii Oenothera odorata Oenothera pallida Oenothera perennis Oenothera pilosella Oenothera primiveris Oenothera rhombipetala Oenothera rosea Oenothera speciosa Oenothera stubbei Oenothera taraxacoides Oenothera tetraptera Oenothera triloba

Oenothera Media

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  Evening primrose flower, open, showing pollen attached to sticky viscin threads

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  Painting of Hugo de Vries, making a painting of an evening primrose, which had apparently produced new forms by large mutations in his experiments, by Thérèse Schwartze, 1918

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  Oenothera macrocarpa

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  Oenothera rosea, inflorescence

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  Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata

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  Oenothera stricta ssp. stricta

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  Oenothera clelandii

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  Oenothera drummondii

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  Oenothera odorata