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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Onagraceae
Oenothera pilosella Raf. subsp. pilosella
meadow evening-primrose, meadow sundrops, prairie sundrops
Oenothera: from Greek oinos, "wine," and thera, "to imbibe," because an allied European plant was thought to induce a taste for wine
pilosella: pilosus for "hairy;" ella for "diminutive;" hence "a little hairy"
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, to 32" tall forb, with long hairs especially towards the top |
| Flower: | 4-parted, 1 1/4"-2" wide, unopened flowers not nodding, petals notched at the tip; inflorescence a dense spike; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | elliptical capsule tapering towards the base |
| Leaf: | lance-like, mostly stalkless, alternate |
| Habitat: | moist to wet; meadows, fields, open woods |
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