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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Myrtles, Evening Primroses, and Allies
  6. Evening Primrose Family
  7. Evening-primroses
  8. Oenothera Sect. Anogra
  9. Top native

Top native oenothera sect. anogra

5 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

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5 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Full sun 3

Soil and water

Water use

Low 1

Form

Plant type

Wildflower 5 Perennial 4 Annual 3
  • Pale Evening Primrose Oenothera pallida caterpillars 13 bees 6 hosts 1 food 9 flowers 42
  • White-stemmed Evening-primrose Oenothera nuttallii caterpillars 13 bees 3 hosts 1 food 6 flowers 36
  • Birdcage Evening Primrose Oenothera deltoides caterpillars 11 bees 2 hosts 1 food 6 flowers 33
  • California Evening Primrose Oenothera avita caterpillars 10 bees 3 hosts 1 food 6 flowers 28
  • Engelmann's Evening Primrose Oenothera engelmannii caterpillars 7 bees 4 hosts 1 food 8 flowers 17

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