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Showy evening primrose, Oenothera speciosa, is a perennial wildflower native to central and southern North America. It spreads through underground rhizomes and produces broad, four-petaled flowers that are usually pale pink or white with darker veins and yellow centers. The flowers commonly open tow...
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Showy pink blooms and moth associations are praised, though spreading habit can make it troublesome in gardens.
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Sundrops is a common name applied to several yellow-flowered species of Oenothera, especially perennial plants formerly placed in the genus Calylophus or grouped with the evening primroses. Unlike many evening primroses whose flowers open near dusk, sundrops generally display their bright, four-peta...
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Cheerful native primrose with garden merit, but less distinctive than evening-blooming or rarer relatives.
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