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Photographer: Jan Anderson
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Family Onagraceae
Oenothera villosa Thunb.
hairy evening-primrose
Oenothera: from Greek oinos, "wine," and thera, "to imbibe," because an allied European plant was thought to induce a taste for wine
villosa: Latin for "with hairs"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, biennial/perennial, 2'-6' tall forb, often with dense, grayish hairs |
| Flower: | yellow, 4-parted, 3/4"-2" wide; inflorescence a stiff, terminal, usually unbranched spike; blooms July-Oct. |
| Fruit: | capsule thickest near the base; seeds without tufts of hair at the top |
| Leaf: | lance-like to oblong, alternate |
| Habitat: | dry to moderate moisture; fields, prairies |
| Notes: | very similar to O. biennis, O. parviflora, and O. oakesiana |
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