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Oenothera speciosa
Also called Showy evening primrose, White Evening Primrose, Mexican Evening Primrose, Pink Buttercups, Pink Evening Primrose, Pink Primrose, Buttercups
Oenothera speciosa, pinkladies, is a drought-tolerant perennial wildflower from the central US and northern Mexico with fragrant pink-fading-from-white cup flowers from spring into autumn. It spreads by runners and seed, so give it a sunny spot with lean, fast-draining soil and keep it contained.
Oenothera speciosa is a species in the evening primrose family known by several common names, including pinkladies, pink evening primrose, showy evening primrose, Mexican primrose, and buttercups (not to be confused with true buttercups in the genus Ranunculus).
Originally native to the grasslands of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, northeastern New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, it has been naturalized in 28 of the lower 48 United States as well as Chihuahua and Coahuila in Mexico. It frequently escapes from gardens.
The green plant parts can be cooked or eaten as a salad; the taste is pleasant when harvested before flowers develop.
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 · Cutleaf evening primrose · Lindheimer's Beeblossom · Threadleaf evening primrose · Longstem evening primrose
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oenothera speciosa 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.
