Oenothera pilosella

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Oenothera pilosella

Oenothera pilosella ssp. sessilis in a prairie remnant in Arkansas

Conservation status

Secure (NatureServe)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Myrtales
Family:  | Onagraceae
Genus:  | Oenothera
Species:  |

O. pilosella

Binomial name
Oenothera pilosella

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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.[1][2]

This species is grown as an ornamental garden plant. It produces flowers with yellow petals in late spring and early summer.[3]

There are two subspecies. One, subsp. sessilis, is a rare herb native to the Mississippi River Valley in Louisiana and Arkansas.[4]

## References

1. ↑ Oenothera pilosella. USDA Plants Profile.
2. ↑ Oenothera pilosella. The Nature Conservancy.
3. ↑ Oenothera pilosella. Missouri Botanical Garden.
4. ↑ O. pilosella ssp. sessilis. Center for Plant Conservation.

Wikidata ☰ Q7078665 entry

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