Common Evening-primrose
Common Evening-primrose - Oenothera biennis
Alternative names
Evening Primrose
Description
An erect short to tall somewhat hairy plant. Flowers primrose yellow 40 to 50 mm in erect leafy spikes, stigmas equalling anthers.
Identification difficulty
Recording advice
The County Recorder has asked for a specimen of this plant to be retained for verification
Habitat
Waste ground and open habitats, road verges.
When to see it
June to September.
Life History
Annual or biennial. Often as a casual or garden escape.
UK Status
Scattered throughout England, scarcer elsewhere in Britain.
VC55 Status
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 13 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham Calow
Higham on the Hill
25 July 2015
Steve Mathers
GUC (Lboro south to Bridge 32)
29 July 2016
steven lewis
welby
27 June 2015
Craig Mabbett
Soar Field's Broughton Astley
10 October 2015
Graham Calow
Near Higham on the Hill
18 August 2015
Graham Calow
Higham on the Hill
18 August 2015
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