Flower; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Branches; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 6/2008 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 862 Date of entry: 02.07.2008 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Narrowleaf evening primrose
German: Nachtkerze, Sonnenwende
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Myrtales (76)
Family: Onagraceae (16)(family description)
Genus: Oenothera (5)
Epithet: fruticosa L. (7)
Subspecies: glauca (Michx.) Straley
fruticosa => shrubby, bushy
glauca => greyish or bluish
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
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