Index / Search / Oenothera fruticosa
§1 Plant
Oenothera fruticosa L.
vernacular narrowleaf evening primrose — species · Onagraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- 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
· 611 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- High
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 140 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–62 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7
- Root depth
- 6 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3.3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 3,780,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 611 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Columbia 05027
- Crawford 05033
- Dallas 05039
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 84 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Baker 13007
- Baldwin 13009
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Bibb 13021
- Bleckley 13023
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Butts 13035
- Calhoun 13037
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Carroll 13045
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Chattooga 13055
- Clarke 13059
- Clay 13061
- Clinch 13065
- Cobb 13067
- Coffee 13069
- Columbia 13073
- Coweta 13077
- Crisp 13081
- Dade 13083
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dougherty 13095
- Douglas 13097
- Elbert 13105
- Emanuel 13107
- Fannin 13111
- Floyd 13115
- Fulton 13121
- Grady 13131
- Greene 13133
- Gwinnett 13135
- Hall 13139
- Hancock 13141
- Harris 13145
- Heard 13149
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Johnson 13167
- Liberty 13179
- Lincoln 13181
- Long 13183
- Macon 13193
- Madison 13195
- McDuffie 13189
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Miller 13201
- Morgan 13211
- Muscogee 13215
- Newton 13217
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pike 13231
- Putnam 13237
- Rabun 13241
- Richmond 13245
- Rockdale 13247
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Stephens 13257
- Sumter 13261
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Towns 13281
- Troup 13285
- Union 13291
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- Walton 13297
- Ware 13299
- Washington 13303
- Wayne 13305
- White 13311
- Wilcox 13315
Illinois view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Bath 21011
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Powell 21197
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 88 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Humphreys 47085
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Perry 47135
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Stewart 47161
- Unicoi 47171
- Van Buren 47175
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 87 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jefferson 54037
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Raleigh 54081
- Summers 54089
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/OEFR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7884360 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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