Tufted Evening Primrose (Oenothera caespitosa)

   
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Oenothera caespitosa, Chihuahuan Desert Gardents, Centennial Museum, University of Texas at El Paso. Photographs by Wynn Anderson.

• Common English Names: Tufted Evening Primrose
• Common Spanish Names:
• Scientific Name: Oenothera caespitosa (ee-no-THER-ruh cess-pih-TOE-suh)
• Family: Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)
• Geographic Range: Great Plains west to the Pacific Coast, southern Canada into northern Mexico.
• Plant Form: Perennial herb.

Last Update: 17 May 2006