Common
name: Common Evening Primrose
Latin name: Oenothera villosa
Annual/Perennial:
Biennial
Flowers: July to September
Flower size: 1" to 1.5"
Found in: Plains to Foothills
Height: 18" to 36"
Invasive: No
Native species: No Useful in garden: No
Image taken:
Near Bergen Park on highway 73
Pictured
Wildflower: Common Evening Primrose
Oenothera
villosa
Wildflower
Field notes: Common Evening Primrose grows more columnar than
the other Oenothera varieties which seem to have a spreading
growth habit. Common Evening Primrose is quite common and easy to
identify.
Look for Common Evening Primrose in sunny, dry areas along roadways, open
fields or meadows, and anywhere the soil has been disturbed from
any type of construction.
