This is an introduction from Chile. It is mostly a Southern plant found commonly in the Channel Islands but less frequently on the mainland. There were a fair number of clumps of this plant on the common on Guernsey although most plants were well past their best. From a distance flowers have a distinctly orange hue to them and the plants are smaller (only 60 cm or so) than the commoner Large-flowered Evening-primrose (O. glazioviana).
L'Ancresse Common Guernsey, 18th june 2004
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Added on 28th September 2004, amended on January 30th 2005