Evening primrose

Oenothera tetraptera

Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden

Flower name
Evening primrose
Scientific name
Oenothera tetraptera
Aliasヨイマチグサ, 月見草, シロバナヨルザキツキミソウ, 白花夜咲月見草, evening primrose, ツキミグサ
Place of origin Mexico
Place of floweringSpecific area
Flowering seasonJune, July, August, September
Language of flowersmute devotion,inconstancy

What is Evening primrose

Birth flowers for Aug 30

Tsukimisou or Oenothera tetraptera(scientific name: Oenothera tetraptera) is native to Mexico and is a perennial of the Onagraceae that blooms white flowers at night. It begins to bloom from the evening and it gets pink and muffled the next morning. The are Evening primrose which makes yellow flower bloom in the same geneus.

Generic name:Tsukimisou or Oenothera tetraptera, Scientific name: Oenothera tetraptera, aka: Tsukimisou, evening primrose, Flowering color: white (at flowering) → pink (next morning), flowering period: June to September, flowering time: evening to next morning.