Onagraceae
Shortfruit evening primrose
Oenothera brachycarpa
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Oenothera
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Shortfruit evening primrose
Synonyms
- Lavauxia brachycarpa (A.Gray) Britton
- Lavauxia graminifolia (H.Lév.) Rose
- Lavauxia wrightii (A.Gray) Small
- Megapterium brachycarpum (A.Gray) Rydb.
- Megapterium brachycarpum var. wrightii (A.Gray) Moldenke
- Oenothera australis (Wooton & Standl.) Tidestr.
- Oenothera brachycarpa var. stenophylla H.Lév.
- Oenothera brachycarpa var. typica Munz
- Oenothera brachycarpa var. wrightii (A.Gray) H.Lév.
- Oenothera cespitosa subsp. australis (Wooton & Standl.) Munz
- Oenothera cespitosa var. australis Munz
- Oenothera graminifolia H.Lév.
- Oenothera wrightii A.Gray
- Pachylophus australis Wooton & Standl.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May, July to August, October (from 18 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Bob Nieman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Northcut, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jrrigby, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ian McFaul, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rod, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: avocat, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.