✿Onagraceae · Oenothera
Rose Evening Primrose
Oenothera rosea
HerbMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Oenothera rosea
- Genus
- Oenothera
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Peru
- Distribution
- Peru, Europe, Himalayas, India, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Variable
- Type
- Variable
- Margin
- Variable
- Venation
- Variable
Typical of the Onagraceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Variable
- Inflorescence
- Variable
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Onagraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Rose Evening Primrose
Rose Evening Primrose (Oenothera rosea) is a herb belonging to the Onagraceae family (Evening-Primrose Family). It is native to Peru. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. The species is valued in traditional medicine.

Botanical family
Onagraceae
Evening-Primrose Family
Rose Evening Primrose belongs to the Onagraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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