This primrose is often found in cultivated fields, pastures and waste places. It is an annual that is most troublesome in the Southeastern states. In those areas it germinates in the winter or early spring and lies in a rosette close to the ground. Leaves of cut-leaved evening primrose are long, narrow, deeply cut and divides. The midvein is quite prominent. When allowed to mature, it produces bright yellow flowers with five petals. Cut-leaved evening primrose is a particular problem from Pennsylvania and New Jersey southward through Florida and Texas.