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Nuttall's evening primrose

Oenothera nuttallii

Also called White evening primrose

Nuttall's evening primrose
Photo: Dmodderman, Public domain
Family
Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
WC. & C. Canada to N. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Oenothera nuttallii, the white-stemmed evening-primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family. It is native to western Canada (except British Columbia), and the north-central United States, and it has been introduced to Illinois. A perennial reaching 60 cm (24 in), it is found in grasslands, sagebrush steppes, and plains, usually in sandy soils.

Other Oenothera plants

Whitest evening primrose · California Evening Primrose · Evening Primrose · Common evening primrose · Tufted Evening Primrose · Woolly Beeblossom · Cleland's evening primrose · Crownleaf evening primrose · Velvetweed · Antioch Dunes evening primrose · Birdcage evening primrose · Oenothera dodgeniana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oenothera nuttallii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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