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Oenothera is a genus of about 125 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants, native to North and South America. It is the type genus of the family Onagraceae. Common names include evening primrose, suncups, and sundrops.

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  • Plant Oenothera biennis evening primrose 11 on black L Plymouth Mass USA D 210714

    Evening primrose flower, open, showing pollen attached to sticky viscin threads

  • Hugo de Vries (1848-1935), by Thérèse Schwartze (1851-1918)

    Painting of Hugo de Vries, making a painting of an evening primrose, which had apparently produced new forms by large mutations in his experiments, by Thérèse Schwartze, 1918

  • Oenothera caespitosa var marginata 4

    Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata

  • Starr 051004-4684 Oenothera stricta subsp. stricta

    Oenothera stricta ssp. stricta

  • Primrose-brighter

    Oenothera sp. opening

  • Oclelandii

    Oenothera clelandii

  • Oenothera drummondii2

    Oenothera drummondii

  • Oenothera odorata 2

    Oenothera odorata

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