General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4 to 6 inches
Fruit: Other: Small woody capsule containing numerous tiny seeds
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant

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Common names
  • Evening Primrose
  • Dandelion-leaved Sundrop

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Date: c. 1857
illustration from 'Flore des serres', 1857
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-08-14
Location: Farellones, Central Chile
Image by Spencer C. H. Barrett, University of Toronto
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-08-14
Location: BG Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Date: 2015-11-07

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