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Oenothera elata
Also called Hooker's eveningprimrose, Western eveningprimrose, Western Evening Primrose, Tall Evening Primrose
Hooker's evening primrose is a tall, native North American wildflower with fragrant yellow flowers that open at dusk. It is grown mainly as a hardy garden perennial or biennial in sunny, well-drained spots.
Oenothera elata is a species of Oenothera belonging to the family Onagraceae, known by the common name Hooker's evening primrose or tall evening primrose. Subspecies include hookeri, hirsutissima, longisima, jamesii, villosa and elata. It is native to much of western and central North America. The plants are quite tall, especially the hookeri subspecies, native to California, which can reach about 1.8 meters (6 feet) height. The plants are found along roadsides, in moist meadows, or in woodland, from sea level up to 9,000 ft (2,700 m) in elevation.
The Zuni people apply a poultice of the powdered flower of the hookeri subspecies and saliva at night to swellings.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oenothera elata 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.
