Onagraceae
Pinkladies
Oenothera speciosa
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Oenothera
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 美丽月见草, 美麗月见草, 待霄草, 粉晚樱草, 粉花月见草
- Czech
- Pupalka nádherná, Pupalka zdobná
- English
- Pinkladies, Showy evening primrose, Amapola, Buttercups, Mexican primrose, Pink evening primrose
- Finnish
- Komeahelokki
- Japanese
- ヒルザキツキミソウ
- Korean
- 분홍달맞이꽃
- Persian
- گلمغربی صورتی
- Slovak
- Pupalka nádherná
- Swedish
- Silvernattljus
Synonyms
- Hartmannia berlandieri (Spach) Rose
- Hartmannia speciosa Small
- Oenothera berlandieri (Spach) D.Dietr.
- Oenothera delessertiana Steud.
- Oenothera hirsuta (Spach) D.Dietr.
- Oenothera obtusifolia D.Dietr.
- Oenothera shimekii H.Lév. & Guffroy
- Oenothera spachii D.Dietr.
- Oenothera speciosa f. subintegrifolia H.Lév.
- Oenothera speciosa f. variegata H.Lév.
- Oenothera speciosa var. berlandieri (Spach) Munz
- Oenothera speciosa var. childsii (L.H.Bailey) Munz
- Oenothera speciosa var. serrulatiformis H.Lév.
- Oenothera speciosa var. speciosa
- Oenothera speciosa var. typica Munz
- Oenothera tetraptera var. childsii L.H.Bailey
- Oenothera webbiana Steud.
- Xylopleurum berlandieri Spach
- Xylopleurum drummondii Spach
- Xylopleurum hirsutum Spach
- Xylopleurum nuttallii Spach
- Xylopleurum obtusifolium Spach
- Xylopleurum speciosum Raim.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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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.