Common name
English: Large Evening-Primrose, Redsepal Evening-Primrose
German: Rotkelchige Nachtkerze
Mandarin: 黄花月见草 (huang hua yue jian cao)
English: Large Evening-Primrose, Redsepal Evening-Primrose
German: Rotkelchige Nachtkerze
Mandarin: 黄花月见草 (huang hua yue jian cao)
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)
Order: Myrtales (76)
Family: Onagraceae (16)(family description)
Genus: Oenothera (5)
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