Contains 24 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Oenothera
EVENING PRIMROSE
Classification
Magnoliophyta - Flowering Plants
Magnoliopsida
Rosidae
Myrtales
Oenothera
Citation
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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Oenothera biennis Common Evening Primrose; King's Cureall Native FACU (NWPL)
Oenothera curtiflora Velvet weed Not Native
Oenothera curtissii Curtiss' Evening Primrose Native
Oenothera filiformis Long Flower Beeblossom; Large Flower Gaura Native
Oenothera filipes Slender Stalk Beeblossom; Threadstalk Gaura; Slender Gaura Native
Oenothera fruticosa var. fruiticosa Narrowleaf Sundrops; Common Sundrops; Narrowleaf Evening Primrose Native G5T5 (Global Rank)
Oenothera fruticosa var. subglobosa Flatrock Sundrops Native
Oenothera gaura Biennial Beeblossom; Biennial Gaura; Northeastern Gaura Native
Oenothera grandiflora Large Flower Evening Primrose Native
Oenothera heterophylla ssp. orientalis Oriental Evening Primrose Native S2 (State Rank) G4 (Global Rank)
Oenothera humifusa Seaside Evening Primrose; Seabeach Evening Primrose; Spreading Evening Primrose Native
Oenothera laciniata Cutleaf Evening Primrose Native FACU (NWPL)
Oenothera lindheimeri Lindheimer's Beeblossom; White Gaura; Butterfly Gaura Not Native
Oenothera linifolia Threadleaf Sundrops; Flaxleaf Sundrops; Threadleaf Evening Primrose Native
Oenothera nutans Nodding Evening Primrose Native
Oenothera pilosella Meadow Evening Primrose; Midwestern Evening Primrose Native FACU+ (NWPL) G5 (Global Rank)
Oenothera simulans Southern Beeblossom; Southeastern Gaura Native
Oenothera sinuosa Wavy Leaf Beeblossom; Texas Gaura Not Native
Oenothera spachiana Spach's evening primrose. Native
Oenothera speciosa Pink Ladies; Showy Evening Primrose; Pink Sundrops Not Native
Oenothera tetragona var. brevistipata Southern Sundrops Native
Oenothera tetragona var. sharpii Sharp's Sundrops Native
Oenothera triloba Stemless Evening Primrose Native
Oenothera villosa Hairy Evening Primrose Native
Identification Key

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
No synonyms found.