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Any plant of the American onagraceous genus Godetia, esp one grown as a showy-flowered annual garden plant

a genus of herbaceous plants of the family Onagraceae. It is very closely related to the genus Godetia and is often united with it. There are approximately ten species in western North America. These unhardy, showy-flowered annuals, primarily C. Unguiculata, C. Elegans, and C. Pulchella, are used as ornamentals. Many ...

... of Oenothera, Epilobium, and Godetia, among others, are native to America; some are cultivated. Evening primroses (species of Oenothera and some other similar species) range from North America to Patagonia. Most are yellow, evening-flowering annuals or biennials. The common evening primrose ( O. Biennis. ) is naturalized in the Old World, where the roots are ...