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tall evening primrose

Oenothera elata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 437, February 378, March 394, April 488, May 474, June 724, July 710, August 423, September 468, October 394, November 507, December 391.
California11,078
United States7,068
Arizona1,165
New Mexico723
Utah344
Nevada339
Idaho197
Texas195
Mexico152
Colorado141

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordermyrtles, evening primroses, and allies · Myrtales
Familyevening primrose family · Onagraceae
Genusevening primroses, sundrops, and beeblossoms · Oenothera

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