Tufted Evening Primrose
Oenothera caespitosa
Huge, fragrant white cups open at dusk from a low rosette and fade to pink by morning, drawing hawkmoths. A tough, stemless wildflower for hot, dry, gravelly ground.
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–0.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~16 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY
Related native plants
More Oenothera species
- Pink Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa)
- Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)
- Hooker's Evening Primrose (Oenothera elata)
- Scarlet Beeblossom (Oenothera suffrutescens)
- Birdcage Evening Primrose (Oenothera deltoides)
- Missouri Evening Primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa)