Scientific Name: Oenothera fremontii
Common Name: evening primrose
Family Name: Onagraceae
Origin: U.S. - central
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Mounded
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Perennial border, Rock garden
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Spiraled, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Elliptic, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Flowers solitary, Yellow, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves linear to narrowly elliptic; flowers with four bright yellow petals, about 7cm wide.