Oenothera stricta

Common name: Common Evening Primrose

Meaning of name:

Oenothera is from the Greek words onos, meaning an ass, and thera, meaning hunting. Stricta is from the Latin word strictus, meaning straight, erect or rigid.

Distribution:

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

Description:

A herb to 1 metre tall. It produces yellow flowers all year round.

Notes:

This species is originally from South 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/2891170

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6142

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