Sundrops
OEnothera fruticosa. Evening Primrose Family.
Stem.--Erect; one to three feet high. Leaves.--Alternate; oblong to narrowly lance-shaped. Flowers.--Bright yellow; rather large; usually somewhat loosely clustered. Calyx.--With a long tube and four reflexed lobes. Corolla.--With four petals. Stamens.--Eight. Pistil.--One with a four-lobed stigma. This is a day-blooming species of the evening primrose. Its pretty delicate flowers abound along the roadsides and in the meadows of early summer. OE. pumila is another day-bloomer belonging to this same genus. Its flowers are much smaller than the sundrops.