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Oenothera pilosella

Oenothera pilosella
Oenothera pilosella NRCS-01.jpg

Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Oenothera
Species: O. pilosella
Binomial name
Oenothera pilosella
Raf.

Oenothera pilosella is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name meadow evening primrose. It is native to the United States and eastern Canada.

This species is grown as an ornamental garden plant. It produces flowers with yellow petals in late spring and early summer.

There are two subspecies. One, ssp. sessilis, is a rare herb native to the Mississippi River Valley in Louisiana and Arkansas.



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