Oenothera fruticosa (Native)

Habitat: roadsides and in meadows, dry forests, glades, and rock outcrops.

Wildlife value: The flowers are pollinated by bees, skippers and butterflies. A sweat bee (Lasioglossum oenotherae) is a
specialist pollinator of many different species of narrowleaf evening primrose. These insects suck nectar from the flowers and some bees also collect pollen for their larvae. There are several insects that feed on evening primrose including pearly wood nymph (Eudryas unio), primrose moth (Schinia florida) and some momphid moths (Mompha spp.). Hummingbirds visit the
flowers for nectar and to eat insects. The seeds are eaten to a minor degree by the eastern goldfinch, mourning dove and the foliage is sometimes eaten by white-tailed deer.