Oenothera biennis
Common Evening Primrose
Family Onagraceae
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Use
Cooked, Salad. The young leaves and roots can be cooked or added to a salad.
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Description
Growth Form: Grows a tall leafstalk. Flowers present June-Oct.
Leaves: Rough hairy leaves. Extending from reddish-stemmed, branched flowerstalk.
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Leaves
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 Top
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Flowers: Grow in rosettes. Yellow flowers. Bloom at top of stalk. Four-petaled with x-shaped stigmata.
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Habitat and Range
Dry-soil, roadsides, waste sites. Found across Eastern Seaboard and as far west as Texas.
Season
Fall-Spring for the roots. Early spring is best for the leaves.
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Flower
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Whole Plant
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Fun Facts
The flower opens towards evening and closes the next day.
It’s commonly considered an invasive species.
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