Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
07 / 25 / 2015
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Season Photo Was Taken
Summer
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Region Photo Was Taken
International
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Country
Canada
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Posted by
walterreevesdee
Notes:
Close to 2 meters tall. Haven’t seen it before. About 3 of these plants appeared while we were away on vacation. Online searching hasn’t helped.
Comments
laura735 Unregistered says:
This might be a species in the Oenothera genus. There are about 145 species. Common names include evening Primrose, sundrops, and suncups. I can’t see the whole plant, so I am guessing this maybe Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oenothera_biennis
July 27th, 2015 at 11:28am
walterreevesdee Registered says:
I should also mention that the yellow flowers seem to come right out of the stem and that there are withered looking small leaves at the base of each of the bigger leaves. I wonder if the withered parts used to be yellow flowers? Very odd. Can anyone help?
July 27th, 2015 at 12:54am