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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Onagraceae
Oenothera parviflora L.
northern evening-primrose, small-flowered evening-primrose
Oenothera: from Greek oinos, "wine," and thera, "to imbibe," because an allied European plant was thought to induce a taste for wine
parviflora: Latin for "small flower"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, biennial/perennial, 2'-6' tall forb, mostly with gland-tipped hairs |
| Flower: | yellow, 4-parted, 3/4"-1 1/2" wide; inflorescence a terminal, usually unbranched spike nodding at the tip |
| Fruit: | capsule slightly tapering towards top; seeds without tufts of hair at the top |
| Leaf: | lance-like to oblong, alternate |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites |
| Notes: | very similar to O. villosa and its subspecies, O. oakesiana and O. biennis |
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