Evening Primrose - Oenothera Biennis - Annual Flower - 500 Seeds Melon imposing Cabbage Tree that thrives

imposing Cabbage Tree that thrives in hot dry areas

many slender racemes of dull scarlet-red flowers in Winter

The leaves and latex have an acrid taste and are mildly poisonous to grazing animals

The name "Gibbaeum" comes from the Latin "gibbosus" (=hunchback)

Evening Primrose - Oenothera Biennis - Annual Flower - 500 Seeds Melon imposing Cabbage Tree that thrivesStunning yellow flowers with medicinal properties. Young roots can be eaten like a vegetable (with a peppery flavour), or the shoots can be eaten as a salad. The whole plant was used to prepare an infusion with astringent and sedative properties. It was considered to be effective in healing asthmatic coughs, gastro intestinal disorders, whooping cough and as a sedative pain killer. Poultices containing O. biennis were at one time used to ease bruises