Cutleaf Evening Primrose

Cutleaf Evening Primrose

Oenothera laciniata Hill

Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)

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Cutleaf Evening Primrose:

• a biennial or sometimes summer annual, low-branching weed with lobed/toothed larceolate leaves and reddish stems in the Evening Primrose (Onagraceae) Family
• flowers are bright yellow, similar to common evening primrose, but in axils of leaves
• prefers cultivated, dry, sandy, fertile soils--field, vegetable, nursery crops--plus roadsides, non-crop areas

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