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Oenothera clelandii
Also called Lesser Four Point Evening Primrose, Sand Evening Primrose
Cleland's evening primrose is a native North American wildflower with yellow, evening-opening blooms, grown in sandy, open ground. It does best in full sun with lean, well-drained soil and little fuss.
Oenothera clelandii, or the lesser four-point evening-primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae. It is native to Ontario, Canada, and the east-central United States. A perennial or biennial reaching 40 in (1 m), it prefers to grow in sandy soils in prairies and fields.
Whitest evening primrose · California Evening Primrose · Evening Primrose · Common evening primrose · Tufted Evening Primrose · Woolly Beeblossom · Crownleaf evening primrose · Velvetweed · Antioch Dunes evening primrose · Birdcage evening primrose · Oenothera dodgeniana · Beach evening primrose
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oenothera clelandii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
