Common name:
Large-flowered evening-primrose
Family:
Scientific name:
Oenothera glazioviana
Main flower color:
Range:
Across most of the UK
Height:
Up to 150 cm
Habitat:
Waste ground, dunes, roadsides; often sandy locations
Flowers:
Four large yellow petals, up to 5 cm long, eight short stamens and a much longer stigma, topped by a four-lobed style. The sepals are long and narrow, recurved when mature, and often red in colour. Stems have a covering of short, rough, red-based hairs, and may also be coloured red
Leaves:
Elliptic, up to 15 cm long, often wrinkled or twisted
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
