Evening Primrose (Natlys)
Oenothera biennis
About Evening Primrose (Natlys)
Evening Primrose (Natlys) (Oenothera biennis) is a herb used in the Scandinavian Folk Medicine tradition to help with Hormonal Imbalance, Eczema, PMS, and Inflammation, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Oenothera biennis (common evening-primrose, evening star, sundrop, weedy evening primrose, German rampion, hog weed, King's cure-all, or fever-plant.) is a species of Oenothera native to eastern and central North America, from Newfoundland west to Alberta, southeast to Florida, and southwest to Texas, and widely naturalized elsewhere in temperate and subtropical regions. Evening primrose oil is produced from the plant.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist