PLANTS Profile for Oenothera pallida (pale evening primrose)

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PLANTS Profile

Oenothera pallida Lindl.
pale evening primrose

Symbol:

OEPA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Onagraceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Oenothera pallida Lindl.

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Distribution:
Oenothera pallida Lindl.


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USA (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Oenothera pallida Lindl.

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

Distribution of Oenothera pallida Lindl. ssp. gypsophila (Eastw.) Munz & W. Klein. .

Oenothera pallida ssp. gypsophila
whitepole evening primrose

Distribution of Oenothera pallida Lindl. ssp. pallida. . Image Available.

Oenothera pallida ssp. pallida
pale evening primrose

Distribution of Oenothera pallida Lindl. ssp. runcinata (Engelm.) Munz & W. Klein. . Image Available.

Oenothera pallida ssp. runcinata
pale evening primrose

Distribution of Oenothera pallida Lindl. ssp. trichocalyx (Nutt.) Munz & W. Klein. .

Oenothera pallida ssp. trichocalyx
pale evening primrose

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Oenothera pallida Lindl.

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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 pallida Lindl. – pale evening primrose

More Accounts and Images:
Oenothera pallida Lindl.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27436.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 02:13 AM CST