Onagraceae
Oakes' evening primrose
Oenothera oakesiana
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Oenothera
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 曲序月见草
- Czech
- Pupalka nicí, Pupalka pískomilná
- Dutch
- Duinteunisbloem
- English
- Oakes' evening primrose
- Finnish
- Dyynihelokki
- German
- Sand-Nachtkerze
- Lithuanian
- Smėlinė nakviša
- Russian
- Ослинник Океса
- Swedish
- Smalt nattljus
Synonyms
- Oenothera ammophila Focke
- Oenothera ammophila subsp. germanica (Boedijn) Renner
- Oenothera ammophila var. germanica (Boedijn) Renner
- Oenothera ammophila var. rhodoneura Renner
- Oenothera ammophiloides R.R.Gates & Catches.
- Oenothera ammophiloides var. angustifolia R.R.Gates
- Oenothera ammophiloides var. laurensis R.R.Gates
- Oenothera atrovirens var. ostreae (A.H.Sturtev.) R.R.Gates
- Oenothera biennis f. stenopetala (E.P.Bicknell) B.Boivin
- Oenothera biennis var. oakesiana A.Gray
- Oenothera canovirens var. cymatilis (Bartlett) R.R.Gates
- Oenothera cruciata var. stenopetala (E.P.Bicknell) Fernald
- Oenothera cymatilis Bartlett
- Oenothera deflexa var. bracteata R.R.Gates
- Oenothera disjuncta Boedijn
- Oenothera eriensis R.R.Gates
- Oenothera eriensis var. niagarensis (R.R.Gates) R.R.Gates
- Oenothera eriensis var. repandodentata (R.R.Gates) R.R.Gates
- Oenothera germanica Boedijn
- Oenothera insignis Bartlett
- Oenothera laevigata var. rubripunctata R.R.Gates
- Oenothera leucophylla R.R.Gates
- Oenothera litorea Bartlett
- Oenothera magdalena R.R.Gates
- Oenothera millersii de Vries
- Oenothera muricata subsp. ammophila (Focke) Stomps
- Oenothera muricata subsp. germanica (Boedijn) Stomps
- Oenothera muricata var. parviflora R.R.Gates
- Oenothera niagarensis R.R.Gates
- Oenothera nobska A.H.Sturtev.
- Oenothera oakesiana var. nobska (A.H.Sturtev.) R.R.Gates
- Oenothera oakesiana var. tidestromii (Bartlett) R.R.Gates
- Oenothera ostreae A.H.Sturtev.
- Oenothera parviflora subsp. ammophila (Focke) Janch.
- Oenothera parviflora subsp. germanica (Boedijn) Janch.
- Oenothera parviflora var. oakesiana (A.Gray) Fernald
- Oenothera perangusta R.R.Gates
- Oenothera perangusta var. rubricalyx R.R.Gates
- Oenothera repandodentata R.R.Gates
- Oenothera rubescens Bartlett
and 6 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: 4028mdk09, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Georg Slickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Georg Slickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Georg Slickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Georg Slickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Georg Slickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Georg Slickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Emilien HENRY, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Emilien HENRY, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emilien HENRY, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.