Oenothera glazioviana Micheli

English: Large Evening-Primrose, Redsepal Evening-Primrose

German: Rotkelchige Nachtkerze

Mandarin: 黄花月见草 (huang hua yue jian cao)

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Myrtales (80)

        Family: Onagraceae (19)(family description)

          Genus: Oenothera (6)

            Epithet: glazioviana Micheli (1)

Synonyms: Oenothera erythrosepala (Borbás) Borbás, Oenothera fusiformis Munz & I.M. Johnst., Onagra erythrosepala Borbás, Onagra grandiflora (L'Hér.) Cockerell & Atkins

erythrosepala => red sepals

fusiformis => spindle-shaped

glazioviana => in honor of Auguste Francois Marie Glaziou (1828-1906), French landscape architect, botanist and plant collector in Brazil

grandiflora => with flowers larger than the normal

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Oenothera glazioviana at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [612] Oenothera glazioviana - Plants For A Future database
• [1588] Oenothera glazioviana - Flora of China @ efloras.org