General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 3-4 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Other: 4-winged obovoid capsule containing numerous samll seeds.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Stemless Evening Primrose
  • Stemless evening-primrose
  • Evening Primrose
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Oenothera triloba
  • Synonym: Oenothera hamata
  • Synonym: Lavauxia watsonii

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Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2004-09-06
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2013-10-17
Location: 53034
Date: 2010-05-30
Stemless Evening Primrose
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2013-10-10
Location: Gause, Texas
Date: 2020-04-27
Yellow & peach ones seen in my yard at cabin in Central TX.
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Seeds by Mpiacc Jun 4, 2016 6:47 PM 0

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