evening primrose
Noun
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Any of several plants of the family Onagraceae (synset 112364800)
is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestssubtypes:
- enchanter's nightshade - any of several erect perennial rhizomatous herbs of the genus Circaea having white flowers that open at dawn; northern hemisphere
- common evening primrose, german rampion, oenothera biennis - a coarse biennial of eastern North America with yellow flowers that open in the evening; naturalized in Europe
- oenothera fruticosa, sundrops - a day-flowering biennial or perennial of the genus Oenothera
- missouri primrose, oenothera macrocarpa, ozark sundrops - evening-opening primrose of south central United States
belongs to: evening-primrose family, family onagraceae, onagraceae - a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales
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