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Question: This plant is growing next to a cemetery headstone in CT. I have looked in Weeds of the NOrtheast and …

  • Question

    This plant is growing next to a cemetery headstone in CT. I have looked in Weeds of the NOrtheast and in the Go Botany site to identify it but I cannot find a reasonable match. Can you help?

    Answer

    Dear dellabitta, Yes, I can help (at least a little). The plant you have photographed is in the genus Oenothera (evening-primrose). I can't tell you which species without additional close-up images, but it is either Oenothera biennis (common evening-primrose) are a species related to it. Best wishes.