Onagraceae
Redsepal evening primrose
Oenothera glazioviana
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Oenothera
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Common names
By language (16)
- Basque
- Oenetera handi
- Chinese
- 黃花月見草, 黄花月见草, 月见草, 月见草油, 红萼月见草
- Czech
- Pupalka rudokališní, Pupalka korunkatá
- Danish
- Kæmpe-natlys
- Dutch
- Grote teunisbloem
- English
- Redsepal evening primrose, Large-flowered evening-primrose
- Finnish
- Jättihelokki, Oranssihelokki
- German
- Rotkelchige Nachtkerze, Kronen-Nachtkerze
- Japanese
- オオマツヨイグサ
- Korean
- 큰달맞이꽃
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kjempenattlys
- Slovak
- Pupalka červenokališná
- Slovenian
- Rdečkasti svetlin
- Swedish
- Jättenattljus
- Welsh
- Melyn-yr-hwyr mawr
- Western Frisian
- Grutte nachtpit
Synonyms
- Oenothera aberrans Lutz
- Oenothera albida de Vries
- Oenothera bipartita Lutz
- Oenothera blandina de Vries
- Oenothera brevistylis de Vries
- Oenothera cana de Vries
- Oenothera candicans de Vries
- Oenothera coronifera Renner
- Oenothera crassifolia var. leptocarpa (Greene) H.Lév.
- Oenothera elliptica de Vries
- Oenothera erythrosepala (Borbás) Borbás
- Oenothera erythrosepala var. azorica Rostański
- Oenothera fatua de Vries
- Oenothera fusiformis Munz & I.M.Johnst.
- Oenothera gigantea C.Huber
- Oenothera gigas Vries
- Oenothera gigas de Vries
- Oenothera glazioviana f. rubricalyx (R.R.Gates) Lambinon
- Oenothera grandiflora subsp. coronifera (Renner) A.Weihe
- Oenothera grandiflora subsp. erythrocephala (Borbás) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Oenothera grandiflora subsp. erythrosepala (Borbás) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Oenothera hamata de Vries
- Oenothera laevifolia de Vries
- Oenothera lata de Vries
- Oenothera leptocarpa Greene
- Oenothera liquida de Vries
- Oenothera militaris de Vries
- Oenothera multiflora R.R.Gates
- Oenothera multiflora var. elliptica R.R.Gates
- Oenothera nanella de Vries
- Oenothera oblonga de Vries
- Oenothera oxypetala de Vries
- Oenothera pallescens de Vries
- Oenothera plicatula Lutz
- Oenothera pulla de Vries
- Oenothera rubricalyx R.R.Gates
- Oenothera rubrinervis de Vries
- Oenothera rubrinervoides R.R.Gates
- Oenothera rubritincta R.R.Gates
- Oenothera scindens de Vries
and 18 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- January, June to October (from 609 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Trevor Atkins, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: nick_goldwater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Margherita Ferraiuolo, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Claus Ableiter, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Georges Olioso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Claus Ableiter, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: hoyt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Daniel Halabica, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.