PLANTS Profile for Oenothera macrocarpa (bigfruit evening primrose)

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PLANTS Profile

Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt.
bigfruit evening primrose

Symbol:

OEMA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Onagraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt.

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Distribution:
Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt.


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USA (AR, IL, KS, MO, NE, OK, TN, TX, WY)

Related Taxa:
Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt.

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

Distribution of Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. fremontii (S. Watson) W.L. Wagner. . Image Available.

Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. fremontii
Fremont's evening primrose

Distribution of Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. incana (A. Gray) Wagner. . Image Available.

Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana
bigfruit evening primrose

Distribution of Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. macrocarpa. . Image Available.

Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa
bigfruit evening primrose

Distribution of Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. ssp. oklahomensis (J.B.S. Norton) Wagner. . Image Available.

Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. oklahomensis
Oklahoma evening primrose

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt.

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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 macrocarpa Nutt. – bigfruit evening primrose

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt.

The related entity italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Tennessee:
Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa
Missouri primrose		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504004.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 03:57 PM CDT