oenothera

/ ˌiːnəˈθɪərə /

noun

See evening primrose
any plant of the large taxonomically complicated American genus Oenothera, typically having yellow flowers that open in the evening: family Onagraceae See evening primrose

C20: from Greek oinothēras , ?from onothēras a plant whose roots smell of wine

Oenothera biennis has been seen bearing flowers of three different colours.

The European types of Oenothera biennis and O. muricata are in the same condition.

MacDougal also obtained a more or less distinct mutant of Oenothera biennis.

The classical example of a mutating plant is the evening primrose of the species Oenothera lamarckiana.

We gathered twenty species of flowers here, among them a tiny scarlet mallow and a white oenothera or evening primrose.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

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