Oenothera pilosella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Oenothera pilosella Raf., 1820

Homotypic
- Kneiffia fruticosa var. pilosella (Raf.) Britton in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 234 (1894)
- Oenothera fruticosa var. pilosella (Raf.) Small & A.Heller in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 3(1): 26 (1892)
Heterotypic
- Kneiffia pilosella A.Heller in Cat. N. Amer. Pl., ed. 2: 8 (1900)
- Kneiffia pratensi Small in Fl. S.E. U.S.: 842 (1903)
- Kneiffia sumstinei Jenn. in Ann. Carnegie Mus. 3: 480 (1906)
- Oenothera fruticosa var. hirsuta Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 1: 496 (1840)
- Oenothera fruticosa f. hirsuta (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) H.Lév. in Monogr. Onothera: 108 (1902)
- Oenothera pilosella f. laevigata E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. in Brittonia 10: 116 (1958)
- Oenothera pratensis (Small) B.L.Rob. in Rhodora 10: 34 (1908)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Eastern USA
  - Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia
- Regional: Central USA
  - Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- Introduced into:
  - Central European Russia, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ontario, Rhode I., Vermont

Rafinesque, C.S. 1820. Annals of nature or annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants, &c. discovered in North America. T. Smith: Lexington, Kentucky. 16 pp. BHL Reference page. : 15

Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. 2011. Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama. Sida Botanical Miscellany 36: 112 pp. Fort Worth: Botanical Reseach Institute of Texas. ISBN 978-1-889878-34-8 Reference page.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Oenothera pilosella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 October 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Oenothera pilosella. Published online. Accessed: October 18 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Oenothera pilosella. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 October 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Oenothera pilosella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 October 2024.

English: meadow evening primrose, Prairie sundrops

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