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