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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Onagraceae
Oenothera rhombipetala Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray
four-point evening-primrose, long-spike evening-primrose
Oenothera: from Greek oinos, "wine," and thera, "to imbibe," because an allied European plant was thought to induce a taste for wine
rhombipetala: diamond-shaped petals
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | erect, biennial, 16"-40" tall forb |
| Flower: | yellow, 4-parted, 1 1/4"-2" wide; blooms June-Sept. |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, fields; in sandy soil |
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