154 YELLOW AND ORANGE 



1. COMMON EVENING PRIMROSE: Even- 

 ing Primrose: Night Willow-herb. 



Oenothera biennis. 

 Evening Primrose Family. June — Sept. 



A plant 1-5 feet high, found in fields and 

 roadsides. Labrador to Gulf, west to Rock- 

 ies. 

 Flowers — Yellow, 4-parted, 1-2 inches across, in 

 terminal spikes, opening in the even- 

 ing. 

 Leaves — Alternate, lance-shaped, mostly seated 

 on stem, obscurely toothed. Plant stem 

 leafy, hairy, more or less branched. 



2. SUNDROPS: Common Sundrops: 



Oenothera fruticbsa. 

 Evening Primrose Family. May — July. 



Plant 1-3 feet tall, found in fields, roadsides. 

 New England to South Carolina, west to In- 

 diana and Michigan. 

 Flowers — Yellow, %-l inch across, 4 divisions, 

 terminating stem and from the leaf 

 angles. Seed pods ribbed and winged. 

 Leaves — Oblong to lance-shaped, minutely 

 toothed. 

 0. pumila is a similar but smaller species. 

 Leaves toothless, basal leaves broader at the 

 tip. More western in its range. 



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