PLANTS Profile for Oenothera flava ssp. flava (yellow evening primrose)

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Oenothera flava (A. Nelson) Garrett ssp. flava
yellow evening primrose

Symbol:

OEFLF

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Onagraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Oenothera flava (A. Nelson) Garrett ssp. flava

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Synonyms:
Oenothera flava (A. Nelson) Garrett ssp. flava

LAFL2

Lavauxia flava A. Nelson

Distribution:
Oenothera flava (A. Nelson) Garrett ssp. flava


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Oenothera flava (A. Nelson) Garrett ssp. flava

View 13 genera in Onagraceae, 66 species in Oenothera, 2 subspecies in Oenothera flava (A. Nelson) Garrett

Classification:
Oenothera flava (A. Nelson) Garrett ssp. flava

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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 flava (A. Nelson) Garrett – yellow evening primrose
Subspecies	Oenothera flava (A. Nelson) Garrett ssp. flava – yellow evening primrose

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Oenothera flava (A. Nelson) Garrett ssp. flava

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Washington:
Oenothera flava
long-tubed evening-primrose		Possibly Extirpated

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 flava (A. Nelson) Garrett ssp. flava

Oenothera flava:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC+,FACW

FACW

FACW*

FACW

FAC+

FACW*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Oenothera flava (A. Nelson) Garrett ssp. flava

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524355.

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

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 10:43 PM CDT