name: Evening Primrose

flavor_db_name_variants: evening primrose

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Evening primrose

id: 120

name_scientific: Oenothera biennis

description: Oenothera is a genus of about 145 species of herbaceous flowering plants native to the Americas. It is the type genus of the family Onagraceae. Common names include evening primrose, suncups, and sundrops. They are not closely related to the true primroses (genus Primula). Certain Oenothera plants have edible parts. The roots of O. biennis are reportedly edible in young plants.

itis_id: 27368

wikipedia_id: Evening_primrose

picture_file_name: 120.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 37896

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:40:35.000Z

legacy_id: 127

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Oilseed crops

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:21.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:16.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3942

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00120