Saturday 28 July 2012

Evening Primrose

Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)
An early 17th century introduction into Britain from North America as a decorative garden plant. It has since spread widely to become a common naturalised plant of waste ground and roadsides. The plant is increasingly being grown for its oil which is a valuable ingedient of cosmetic, health-food and medicinal products. The plants are at their best in the evening when they open fully and are pollinated by night-flying moths.

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