Species PlantsPink Evening Primrose

Pink Evening Primrose

Oenothera speciosa

CommonPlant
Illustration of Pink Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa)

Pink Evening Primrose is a native wildflower of the south-central United States and Great Plains that produces large pink flowers with yellow centers, colonizing roadsides and disturbed areas into brilliant pink masses in spring. Unlike many evening primroses, it blooms during the day as well. Native bees and hawk moths pollinate it, and it spreads rapidly by underground rhizomes.

Habitat
Roadsides, prairies, and disturbed areas of the south-central United States
Diet
Nectar for native bees, hawk moths, and skipper butterflies
How common
Common

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