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Family Onagraceae
Oenothera villosa Thunb. subsp. strigosa (Rydb.) W.Dietr. & P.H.Raven
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: | biennial/perennial forb |
| Flower: | yellow, 4-parted, 3/4"-2" wide |
| Fruit: | capsule, seeds without tufts of hair at the top |
| Leaf: | alternate |
| Notes: | very similar to O. biennis, O. parviflora, and O. oakesiana |
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