Common Evening Primrose
Oenothera biennis L. - Evening Primrose family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 6.0 feet
Plant Type: Forb/herb
Features
Flower Color: Yellow
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Moth); Hummingbirds
Larval Species depending on Common Evening Primrose: Albuna pyramidalis, Amphion floridensis, Eudryas unio, Euhagena emphytiformis, Grammia arge , Hyles gallii, Hyles lineata, Mocis argentimaculella, Mompha eloisella, Mompha stellella, Phtheochroa oenotherana, Proserpinus gaurae, Schinia florida, Spargania magnoliata
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan
- MEX: Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.