Oenothera glazioviana

Common name: Evening Primrose

Meaning of name:

Oenothera is from the Greek words onos, meaning an ass, and thera, meaning hunting. Glazioviana is named after Auguste Francois Marie Galziou (1828 – 1906), a French-born artist and botanist in Brazil. The name has the Latin suffix –ianus, meaning belonging to.

Distribution:

Occurs in the southwest of Western Australia. Also occurs in south eastern Australia.

Description:

A herb to 1.6 metres tall. It produces yellow flowers from November to March.

Notes:

This species is originally from Brazil.

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.

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/2896623

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6139