Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Onagraceae

Oenothera - [maps | photos]

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

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

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

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