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Oenothera laciniata
Also called Ragged evening primrose, Cut Leaved Evening Primrose, Cut Leaf Evening Primrose, Evening Primrose, Hairy Cutleaf Evening Primrose, Cutleaf Eveningprimrose, Sinuate Leaved Evening Primrose
Cutleaf evening primrose is a hairy annual or short-lived perennial wildflower with deeply lobed leaves and yellow evening flowers that fade orange or pink. It is a weedy, adaptable plant that grows easily in open, sunny ground.
Oenothera laciniata is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name cutleaf evening primrose. It is native to the eastern United States but it can be found in many other places as an introduced species and sometimes a noxious weed. It has been reported in Hawaii, Australia, Britain, France, Korea, Japan, and other areas.
O. laciniata's range stretches from Maine to North Dakota, and extends south to Florida and Texas. Additionally, populations have been reported in California.
Common evening primrose · Tufted Evening Primrose · Antioch Dunes evening primrose · Birdcage evening primrose · Beach evening primrose · Hooker's evening primrose · Narrowleaf evening primrose · Redsepal evening primrose · Lindheimer's Beeblossom · Threadleaf evening primrose · Longstem evening primrose · Bigfruit evening primrose
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oenothera laciniata 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.
