Bigfruit Evening Primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa)
Description: The perennial big-fruit evening-primrose or Missouri evening-primrose can be trailing or upright, usually growing 8-10 in. high. Its large, 3-4 in. wide, yellow flowers are showy. The four-petaled flowers, which grow from the upper leaf axils, open in the evening and close the next day, sometimes fading reddish.
Family: Onagraceae
Synonym(s): Bigfruit Evening-primrose, Missouri Evening-primrose, Fluttermill, Big-fruit Evening-primrose, Missouri Primrose
USDA Symbol: OEMA
Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Size Class: 0-1 ft.
Bloom Color: Yellow, Pink
Bloom Time: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Water Use: Low
Light Requirements: Sun
Soil Moisture: Dry
Bloom Notes: Stunning, large, four-petaled yellow flowers open in the early evening on a handsome plant with low, mounding habit. Flowers are open for only one evening, but the plant flowers over a long period of time.
Missing Images: Plant, Leaf, Fruit-Seed
Data Completeness: Complete
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