Oenothera drummondii

Common name: Beach Evening Primrose

Meaning of name:

Oenothera is from the Greek words onos, meaning an ass, and thera, meaning hunting. Drummondii honours Thomas Drummond (1790 – 1831) who collected flora specimens from North America.

Distribution:

Occurs in coastal areas of the southwest of Western Australia. Also occurs in eastern Australia.

Description:

A herb to 60 centimetres tall. It produces yellow flowers all year round.

Notes:

This species is originally from North America.

References:

Western Weeds, A Guide to the Weeds of Western Australia. BMJ Hussey, GJ Keighery, J Dodd, SG Lloyd, RD Cousens. 1997.

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. Third edition 2019.

Perth Plants. A field guide to the plants of Kings Park and Bold Park, Perth, Western Australia. Russell Barrett and Eng Pin Tay. 2005.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2900424

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6138

PlantNET https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Oenothera~drummondii