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Oenothera stricta

Piwhane / Spirits Bay.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 07/11/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Whitiau Scientific Reserve, Whanganui. Nov 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Whareroa, Lake Taupo.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 11/12/2015, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Oenothera stricta.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Common names

sand primrose

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Orange, Yellow

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Onagraceae

Authority

Oenothera stricta Link

Ecology

Year naturalised

1867

Origin

S. S. America

Other information

Etymology

stricta: From the Latin strictus ‘upright, stiff’

NVS code

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