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Virginia
Narrowleaf Sundrops in flower
Kurt Stüber [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Narrowleaf Sundrops

Oenothera fruticosa

It grows wild in 91 of Virginia’s 133 counties.

Light
Part shade to full sun
Soil
Dry to moist soil
Size
1.4 ft to 1.5 ft tall, 2 ft wide
Flowers
Yellow
Leaves
Evergreen
Roots
A clump of fibrous roots; wants 6 in of soil
Kind
Wildflower
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Narrowleaf Sundrops, drawn in a bed

in flower

What it feeds

Caterpillars
17 kinds of caterpillars
Bees
23 kinds of native bees
Birds
5 kinds of birds
On its flowers
Bicolored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens), Sweat bee (Lasioglossum oenotherae), Digger bee (Anthophora terminalis), Sweat bee (Lasioglossum truncatum)

Grows well with

Bluestem Goldenrod2.5 ft tallNew Jersey Tea2.5 ft tallCalico Aster3 ft tallWild Geranium1.3 ft tallSmall's Ragwort2.3 ft tallSweet Goldenrod4 ft tallWrinkle-leaf Goldenrod4 ft tallBlack Huckleberry2 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Oenothera fruticosa.