Oenothera pratensis

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Read about Oenothera pratensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Oenothera pratensis, Rob. (Kneiffia pratensis, Small). Fig. 2568. Sundrops. A day-blooming perennial, 1-3 ft. high, making a good clump and frequently planted in yards: sts. sometimes branched above, with soft- spreading hairs: Lvs. oblong-lanceolate to elliptic- lanceolate, hairy, entire or sinuate, acute or obtuse: fls. bright yellow, leafy-bracted, mostly clustered at top of St.; tips of calyx hirsute; petals ½-1 in. long, obcordate: caps, club-shaped, hispid, sessile or nearly so. Maine to Iowa and Ark.—A good hardy plant for early summer to midsummer bloom.


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