[Evening Primroses: The Genus Oenothera East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Tufted Evening Primrose

Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata

Synonyms: Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa var. marginata

Tufted Evening Primrose: Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Synonyms: Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa var. marginata)

Tufted evening primrose as seen on bare, gravelly slopes in Asotin County, WA..........May 2010.

Tufted Evening Primrose: Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Synonyms: Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa var. marginata) - Tufted Evening Primrose: Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Synonyms: Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa var. marginata) - Tufted Evening Primrose: Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Synonyms: Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa var. marginata) - Close-up of the flower and basal leaves of Tufted Evening Primrose: Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Synonyms: Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa var. marginata)

Lower leaf surface of a basal leaf of Tufted Evening Primrose: Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Synonyms: Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa var. marginata) - Upper leaf surface of the basal leaf of Tufted Evening Primrose: Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Synonyms: Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa var. marginata) - Tufted Evening Primrose: Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Synonyms: Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa var. marginata)

Sideview of the flower of Tufted Evening Primrose: Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Synonyms: Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa var. marginata) - Tufted Evening Primrose: Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Synonyms: Oenothera caespitosa var. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa ssp. marginata, Oenothera cespitosa var. marginata)

Additional close-up photos of tufted evening primrose as seen on bare, gravelly slopes in Asotin County, WA..........May 2010.
Paul Slichter