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§1 Plant

Oenothera clelandii W. Dietr., P.H. Raven & W.L. Wagner

vernacular Cleland's evening primrose — species · Onagraceae


USDA
OECL3
GBIF
3188824
Rank
species
Cleland's evening primrose (Oenothera clelandii)
Platephotograph · Aaron CarlsonCC BY-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Biennial, Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Onagraceae Juss.
Genus
Oenothera
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 81 counties across 8 states/territories
Legend Native · 81 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 81 counties across 8 states/territories.

Illinois view state ↗ 1 N
Indiana view state ↗ 12 N
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 3 N
Michigan view state ↗ 22 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 12 N
New York view state ↗ 3 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 27 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/OECL3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3188824 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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