Flower in side view; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer
Flowers; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower leaf surface; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 658 Date of entry: 08.10.2007 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Bigfruit evening-primrose
German: Missouri-Nachtkerze
Kingdom: Plantae (2599)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2111)
Order: Myrtales (76)
Family: Onagraceae (16)(family description)
Genus: Oenothera (5)
Epithet: macrocarpa Nutt. (2)
macrocarpa => bearing large fruit
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
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