PLANTS Profile for Oenothera elata (Hooker's evening primrose)

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Oenothera elata Kunth
Hooker's evening primrose

Symbol:

OEEL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Onagraceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Joe F. Duft. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Oenothera elata Kunth

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Distribution:
Oenothera elata Kunth


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Related Taxa:
Oenothera elata Kunth

View 13 genera in Onagraceae, 66 species in Oenothera or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Oenothera elata Kunth ssp. hirsutissima (A. Gray ex S. Watson) W. Dietr.. . Image Available.

Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima
Hooker's evening primrose

Distribution of Oenothera elata Kunth ssp. hookeri (Torr. & A. Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner. .

Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri
Hooker's evening primrose

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Oenothera elata Kunth

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Onagraceae – Evening Primrose family
Genus	Oenothera L. – evening primrose
Species	Oenothera elata Kunth – Hooker's evening primrose

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Oenothera elata Kunth

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FACW

FACU

FACU-*

FAC

FACW

FACW-

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Oenothera elata Kunth

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View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27395.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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