Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Onagraceae

Chamerion - [maps | photos]

• Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: fireweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Epilobium angustifolium L.

Circaea - [maps | photos]

• Circaea alpina L.
  Common Name: small enchanter's nightshade

• Circaea lutetiana L. ssp. canadensis (L.) Asch. & Magnus
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: broadleaf enchanter's nightshade

Epilobium - [maps | photos]

• Epilobium ciliatum Raf. (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
  Common Name: fringed willow herb

• Epilobium coloratum Biehler
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: purpleleaf willow herb

• Epilobium leptophyllum Raf. (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: bog willow herb

Gaura - [maps | photos]

• Gaura biennis L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: biennial beeblossom

• Gaura filipes Spach
  Common Name: slenderstalk beeblossom

• Gaura longiflora Spach
  Common Name: longflower beeblossom

Ludwigia - [maps | photos]

• Ludwigia alternifolia L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: seedbox

• Ludwigia decurrens Walt.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: wingleaf primrose willow
  Synonyms:
  

         • Jussiaea decurrens (Walt.) DC.

• Ludwigia glandulosa Walt.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: cylindricfruit primrose willow

• Ludwigia grandiflora * (Michx.) Greuter & Burdet
  Common Name: Uruguayian water-primrose
  Synonyms:
  

         • Ludwigia uruguayensis (Camb.) H. Hara

         • Jussiaea uruguayensis Cambess.

• Ludwigia hirtella Raf. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: spindleroot

• Ludwigia leptocarpa (Nutt.) H. Hara
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: anglestem primrose willow
  Synonyms:
  

         • Jussiaea leptocarpa Nutt.

• Ludwigia linearis Walt.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: narrowleaf primrose willow

• Ludwigia microcarpa Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: smallfruit primrose willow

• Ludwigia palustris (L.) Ell.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: marsh seedbox

• Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) ssp. glabrescens (Kuntze) Raven
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: floating primrose willow
  Synonyms:
  

         • Jussiaea repens L. var. glabrescens Kuntze

• Ludwigia sphaerocarpa Ell. (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: globefruit primrose willow

Oenothera - [maps | photos]

• Oenothera biennis L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: common evening primrose

• Oenothera fruticosa L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: narrowleaf evening primrose

• Oenothera glazioviana * Micheli
  Common Name: redsepal evening primrose

• Oenothera grandiflora L'Hér. ex Aiton
  Common Name: largeflower evening primrose

• Oenothera laciniata Hill
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: cutleaf evening primrose

• Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
  Common Name: threadleaf evening primrose

• Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: bigfruit evening primrose

• Oenothera parviflora L. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: northern evening primrose

• Oenothera perennis L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: little evening primrose

• Oenothera pilosella Raf.
  Common Name: meadow evening primrose

• Oenothera speciosa * Nutt.
  Common Name: pink ladies

• Oenothera tetragona Roth
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: narrowleaf evening primrose
  Synonyms:
  

         • Oenothera fruticosa L. ssp. glauca (Michx.) Straley

• Oenothera triloba Nutt.
  Common Name: stemless evening primrose

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.