Onagraceae
Fourwing evening primrose
Oenothera tetraptera
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Oenothera
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Witaandblom, Witnagblom
- Chinese
- 四翅月見草, 四翅月见草, 椎果月见草
- English
- Fourwing evening primrose, White evening primrose
- Japanese
- ツキミソウ, ヨイマチグサ, 月見草
- Southern Sotho
- Moopeli-o-mosoeu
Synonyms
- Hartmannia latiflora Rose
- Hartmannia macrantha Spach
- Hartmannia tetraptera Small
- Oenothera candida Dum.Cours.
- Oenothera capensis hort. ex Steud.
- Oenothera dubia hort. ex Steud.
- Oenothera dubia f. latifolia E.H.L.Krause
- Oenothera latiflora Ser.
- Oenothera mutabilis Steud.
- Oenothera tetraptera var. chenopodifolia H.Lév.
- Oenothera tetraptera var. depauperata H.Lév.
- Oenothera tetraptera var. immutabilis H.Lév.
- Oenothera tetraptera var. roseoidea H.Lév.
- Xylopleurum tetrapterum Raim.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, 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.