Showy Evening Primrose

Oenothera grandis

Family: Onagraceae

Plant Description: Annual to 45 cm high with upright to spreading stems. leave 1-9 cm long, oblanceolate to lanceolate, alternate, margins toothed to deeply lobed. Flowers axillary, radial, the petals 4, 2-5 cm long, yellow, inferior ovaries.

Plant Trivia:

Field Identification: Attractive low growing yellow 4-peteled Evening Primrose on sandy areas. Distinguished from other yellow Oenothera by having toothed or lobed leaf margins.

Occurrence: Frequent on sandy soils throughout the area.

Bloom Period: February-June

Plant Use:

Key to species of Oenothera is found in Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend by Roy L. Leyman, Ruth O’Brien and Tammy White.