Oenothera biennis Linnaeus

Oenothera biennis Linnaeus is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2021.

Vernacular names

• onagre bisannuelle Darbyshire et al., 2000
• herbe aux ânes Louis-Marie, 1953
• onagre de Victorin Marie-Victorin, 1995

• common evening-primrose Harms, 2006
• hoary evening-primrose ITIS, 2010
• king's cureall Hinds, 2000
• yellow evening-primrose Darbyshire et al., 2000

Synonyms

• Brunyera biennis (Linnaeus) Bubani FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera biennis Linnaeus var. biennis TROPICOS
• Oenothera biennis subsp. caeciarum Munz FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera biennis subsp. centralis Munz FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera biennis subsp. chicaginensis (de Vries ex Renner & Cleland) Á. Löve & D. Löve FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera biennis subsp. rubricaulis (Klebahn) Stomps nom. illeg. FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera biennis var. leptomeres Bartlett FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera biennis var. muricata (Linnaeus) Torrey & A. Gray FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera biennis var. pycnocarpa (G.F. Atkinson & Bartlett) Wiegand FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera biennis var. rubricaulis (Farwell) Farwell FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera biennis var. vulgaris Torrey & A. Gray FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera brevicapsula Bartlett FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera chicaginensis de Vries ex Renner & Cleland FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera communis H. Léveillé nom. illeg. IPNI
• Oenothera furca Boedijn FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera gauroides var. brevicapsula (Bartlett) R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera grandiflora var. tracyi (Bartlett) R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera grandifolia R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera graveolens Gilibert nom. inval. IPNI
• Oenothera muricata Linnaeus FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera muricata var. rubricaulis Farwell FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera novae-scotiae var. serratifolia R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera numismatica Bartlett FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera paralamarckiana R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera parviflora var. muricata (Linnaeus) Farwell FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera pratincola Bartlett FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera pratincola var. numismatica (Bartlett) R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera pycnocarpa G.F. Atkinson & Bartlett FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera pycnocarpa G.F. Atkinson & Bartlett var. pycnocarpa TROPICOS
• Oenothera pycnocarpa var. cleistogama R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera pycnocarpa var. parviflora R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera reynoldsii Bartlett FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera royfraseri R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera rubricaulis Klebahn FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera ruderalis Bartlett FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera sabulosa Farwell FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera sackvillensis R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera sackvillensis R.R. Gates var. sackvillensis TROPICOS
• Oenothera sackvillensis var. albiviridis R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera sackvillensis var. royfraseri (R.R. Gates) R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera shulliana A.H. Sturtevant FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera stenomeres Bartlett FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera suaveolens Persoon FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera tracyi Bartlett FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera victorinii R.R. Gates & Catcheside FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera victorinii R.R. Gates & Catcheside var. victorinii TROPICOS
• Oenothera victorinii var. intermedia R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera victorinii var. parviflora R.R. Gates FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Oenothera victorinii var. undulata R.R. Gates & Catcheside FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Onagra biennis (Linnaeus) Scopoli FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Onagra chrysantha var. grandiflora Spach FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Onagra europaea Spach nom. illeg. IPNI
• Onagra muricata (Linnaeus) Moench FNA Ed. Comm., 2021
• Onagra vulgaris Spach nom. illeg. IPNI
• Pseudo-oenothera virginiana Ruprecht nom. illeg. IPNI

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Rosanae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Onagraceae
Subfamily	Onagroideae
Tribe	Onagreae
Genus	Oenothera
Section	Oenothera sect. Oenothera
Subsection	Oenothera subsect. Oenothera
Species	Oenothera biennis

Habit

Herb