[NatureNS] very large Evening Primrose

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Looks like sundrops to me

Chris Kennedy in Dartmouth

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 5:34 PM, NancyDowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote:

> I saw this large flower this morning in Lakeview, Kings Co. It stood out
> b/c I have never seen such a big Evening Primrose flower (~5cm across):
> https://500px.com/photo/170746217/oenothera-biennis-
> by-nancy?ctx_page=1&from=user&user_id=17371857
>
> My Newbomb's guide pointed me toward Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa). But
> according to my downloaded Plants of NS,  O, biennis and O. grandiflora are
> more likely and separated largely by flower size of which this plant is on
> the fence at 5cm. But I am guessing it is the former which is much more
> common. There was only one in bloom in the road ditch bordered by fields
> that I noticed as I drove along. I am often at this location and have not
> observed these before.
>
> Comments on ID?
>
> Nancy
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Looks like sundrops to me<div><br></div><div>Chris Kennedy=
 in Dartmouth</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote">On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 5:34 PM, NancyDowd <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">nancypdowd@gmail.com=
</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin=
:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I saw this large f=
lower this morning in Lakeview, Kings Co. It stood out b/c I have never see=
n such a big Evening Primrose flower (~5cm across):<br>
<a href=3D"https://500px.com/photo/170746217/oenothera-biennis-by-nancy?ctx=
_page=3D1&amp;from=3Duser&amp;user_id=3D17371857" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=
=3D"_blank">https://500px.com/photo/<wbr>170746217/oenothera-biennis-<wbr>b=
y-nancy?ctx_page=3D1&amp;from=3Duser&amp;<wbr>user_id=3D17371857</a><br>
<br>
My Newbomb&#39;s guide pointed me toward Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa). Bu=
t according to my downloaded Plants of NS,=C2=A0 O, biennis and O. grandifl=
ora are more likely and separated largely by flower size of which this plan=
t is on the fence at 5cm. But I am guessing it is the former which is much =
more common. There was only one in bloom in the road ditch bordered by fiel=
ds that I noticed as I drove along. I am often at this location and have no=
t observed these before.<br>
<br>
Comments on ID?<br>
<br>
Nancy<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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