Names and Myths

Hesperis pertaining to the evening (when the flowers are sweetest)

Natural history / Folklore

Naturalized from Europe. It’s white flowers are visible at night, and it releases it fragrance after sunset attracting moths which are its chief pollinators.³⁸

Leaves, buds and flowers can be eaten raw.³²

Description

May – August Flowers white, pink and purple often forms colonies. Roadsides, fields, open woods.⁵