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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Beach Evening Primrose

Oenothera drummondii
native · Central Texas

Beach Evening Primrose is a shrub native to Central Texas. It wants full sun. Blooms yellow in Jan–Dec. Good for butterflies.

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The facts

3 sources
Type
Shrub
Sun
Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
Bloom
Jan–Dec · yellow
Wildlife
Supports butterflies

Where it grows

2 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.