Common name
English: Northern evening primrose
German: Gewoehnliche Kleinbluetige Nachtker
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Myrtales (80)
Family: Onagraceae (19)(family description)
Genus: Oenothera (6)
Epithet: parviflora L. (5)
Synonyms: Oenothera ammophiloides (R.R.Gates) R.R.Gates, Oenothera angustifolia Mill., Oenothera angustissima R.R.Gates, Oenothera apicaborta R.R.Gates, Oenothera atrovirens Shull & Bartlett, Oenothera biennis Bonnier & Layens, Oenothera biformiflora R.R.Gates, Oenothera chrysantha Spach, Oenothera cleistantha Shull & Bartlett, Oenothera communis (L.) H.Lév., Oenothera comosa R.R.Gates, Oenothera cruciata Nutt., Oenothera cymatilis Greene, Oenothera deflexa R.R.Gates, Oenothera flecticaulis R.R.Gates, Oenothera hazelae R.R.Gates, Oenothera hazeliae R.R.Gates, Oenothera hazelii R.R.Gates, Oenothera intermedia R.R.Gates, Oenothera laevigata Bartlett, Oenothera muricata (Shull & Bartlett) Löve & Löve, Oenothera novae-scotiae R.R.Gates, Oenothera pachycarpa Renner, Oenothera pariflora L., Oenothera parva R.R.Gates, Oenothera parviflora (R.R.Gates) Munz, Oenothera robinsonii Bartlett, Oenothera rubricapitata R.R.Gates, Oenothera scitula Bartlett, Oenothera subterminalis R.R.Gates, Oenothera venosa Shull & Bartlett, Onagra biennis (Nutt.) Britton, Onagra chrysantha Spach, Onagra cruciata (Nutt. ex G.Don) Small, Onagra parviflora (L.) Moench
angustifolia => with narrow leaves
angustissima => most narrow
biennis => 'biennial' - two years
communis => common, or growing in society
comosa => referring to hair
intermedia => intermediate, in between, a hybrid
muricata => full of rough, short, sharp points
parviflora => small flowers
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow