Onagraceae

Evening primrose

Oenothera parviflora L.

Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Oenothera

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Evening primrose (Oenothera parviflora) — FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (11)

Arabic: أخدرية صغيرة الأزهار
arz: اخدريه صغيرة الازهار
Chinese: 小花月见草
Czech: Pupalka malokvětá, Pupalka Isslerova, Pupalka slezská
Dutch: Kleine teunisbloem, Zandteunisbloem
English: Evening primrose, Northern evening primrose
Finnish: Silmähelokki
German: Issler-Nachtkerze, Schlesische Nachtkerze, Schmalblättrige Nachtkerze
hsb: Małokwětna rěpnica
Japanese: アレチマツヨイグサ
Slovak: Pupalka malokvetá

Synonyms

Oenothera ammophiloides var. flecticaulis (R.R.Gates) R.R.Gates
Oenothera ammophiloides var. parva (R.R.Gates) R.R.Gates
Oenothera angustifolia Mill.
Oenothera angustissima R.R.Gates
Oenothera angustissima var. quebecensis R.R.Gates
Oenothera apicaborta R.R.Gates
Oenothera atrovirens Shull & Bartlett
Oenothera biennis subsp. muricata Bonnier & Layens
Oenothera biennis var. cruciata (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
Oenothera biennis var. parviflora (L.) Torr. & A.Gray
Oenothera biformiflora R.R.Gates
Oenothera biformiflora var. cruciata R.R.Gates
Oenothera cleistantha Shull & Bartlett
Oenothera communis f. parviflora (L.) H.Lév.
Oenothera communis var. cruciata (Nutt.) H.Lév.
Oenothera comosa R.R.Gates
Oenothera cruciata Nutt. ex G.Don
Oenothera cruciata var. cruciata
Oenothera cruciata var. sabulonensis Fernald
Oenothera cruciata var. varia de Vries
Oenothera deflexa R.R.Gates
Oenothera flecticaulis R.R.Gates
Oenothera hazelae var. parviflora R.R.Gates
Oenothera hazelae var. subterminalis (R.R.Gates) R.R.Gates
Oenothera hazeliae R.R.Gates
Oenothera intermedia R.R.Gates
Oenothera issleri Renner ex Rostański
Oenothera issleri var. silesiacoides Rostański & V.Jehlík
Oenothera laevigata Bartlett
Oenothera laevigata var. scitula (Bartlett) R.R.Gates
Oenothera laevigata var. similis R.R.Gates
Oenothera lipsiensis Rostański & Gutte
Oenothera muricata subsp. atrovirens (Shull & Bartlett) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Oenothera muricata subsp. parviflora (L.) Tischler
Oenothera muricata subsp. parviflora (L.) P.Fourn.
Oenothera muricata var. issleri Á.Löve & D.Löve
Oenothera novae-scotiae R.R.Gates
Oenothera novae-scotiae var. distantifolia R.R.Gates
Oenothera novae-scotiae var. intermedia (R.R.Gates) R.R.Gates
Oenothera pachycarpa Renner ex Rudloff

and 17 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Biennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Drew Hillier, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. TeunSpaans assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jenn (McPhee) Dyson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. TeunSpaans assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Frank Mayfield from Chicago area, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Frank Mayfield from Chicago area, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Henry "Nick" Robertson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jean.claude, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Jackson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.