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The family and genus of evening primrose

Evening primrose, a species under the genus Oenothera in the family Onagraceae, is an upright biennial robust herb.

Other names for evening primrose

Evening primrose is also called late cherry grass, eveningstar grass, mountain sesame, and wild sesame.

The origin of evening primrose

Evening primrose is native to North America, was introduced to Europe early on, and then spread rapidly in temperate and subtropical regions. It is cultivated in Northeast China, North China, East China, and Southwest China, and has long since become naturalized.

The morphological characteristics of evening primrose

Evening primrose has a basal rosette leaf cluster that hugs the ground closely, with stems 50-200 cm tall, covered with soft hairs and spreading long hairs, and often mixed with glandular hairs at the upper ends of the stems and branches.

The leaves are oblanceolate, with a sharp tip, a wedge-shaped base, and irregular shallow blunt teeth along the edges. The petiole is 0-15 mm long.

The inflorescence is spicate, unbranched, or with secondary lateral inflorescences below the main spike. The bracts are leaf-like, and the flower buds are conical-oblong, yellow-green or tinged with red when flowering, covered with a mix of soft hairs, spreading long hairs, and short glandular hairs.