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Oenothera perennis

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID643ff735b61a3128894328
Scientific name Oenothera perennis
Authority L.
First published in Syst. Nat. ed. 10 , 2: 998 (1759)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Kneiffia michauxii Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 4: 167 (1835)
Oenothera perennis var. rectipilis S.F.Blake Rhodora 25: 47 (1923)
Kneiffia perennis Pennell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 372 (1919)
Oenothera pumila L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 493 (1762)
Oenothera chrysantha Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 225 (1803)
Oenothera pusilla Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 225 (1803)
Oenothera pumila var. rectipilis S.F.Blake Rhodora 19: 110 (1917)
Kneiffia pumila Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 4: 377 (1835)
Oenothera pumila var. chrysantha Gordinier & Howe Fl. Rensselaer Co., New York : 14 (1894)
Oenothera gracilis Schrad. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 2: 44 (1836)
Oenothera pumila var. pusila (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 498 (1840)
Oenothera perennis f. rectipilis (S.F.Blake) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 93: 644 (1966)
Kneiffia gracilis (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Bartl. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1837: 4 (1837)
Oenothera perennis var. typica Munz Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 64: 302. 1937
Oenothera riparia Lehm. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 212 (1832)
Oenothera pumila var. minima Lehm. ex Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 212 (1832)

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Language Common/alternative name
English little evening primrose
English small sundrops
English small evening primrose
Arabic أخدرية معمرة
Swedish dvärgnattljus
Chinese 宿根月见草

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Kentucky
      • Maryland
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia
      • Manitoba

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000389339
Flora of Alabama 2005
Canadensys 6825
USDA Plants OEPE
Tropicos 23200224
INPN 717335
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:613950-1
The Plant List kew-2398782
Open Tree Of Life 980240
Observations.org 105254
NCBI Taxonomy 690544
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200002726
Nature Serve 2.157999
IPNI 613950-1
iNaturalist 142626
GBIF 3188838
Freebase /m/065_x4m
WisFlora 4350
EPPO OEOPE
EOL 582079
USDA GRIN 100616
Wikipedia Oenothera_perennis

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Smaller species experience mild adversity under shading in an old‐field plant community Balfour KC, Greco DA, Gridzak R, Piggott G, Schamp BS, Aarssen LW Ecol Evol 22-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9217891
doi:10.1002/ece3.9006
PMID:35784027
Herbarium specimens reveal substantial and unexpected variation in phenological sensitivity across the eastern United States Park DS, Breckheimer I, Williams AC, Law E, Ellison AM, Davis CC Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 19-Nov-2018
PMCID:PMC6282088
doi:10.1098/rstb.2017.0394
PMID:30455212
Taxonomic changes in Oenothera sections Gaura and Calylophus (Onagraceae) Wagner WL, Krakos KN, Hoch PC PhytoKeys 04-Nov-2013
PMCID:PMC3881414
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.28.6143
PMID:24399892

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