✿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, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rose Evening Primrose itself; the rest are typical of the Onagraceae family — flowering plants only.
About Rose Evening Primrose
Rose evening primrose (Oenothera rosea) belongs to the Onagraceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and 7 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.

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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