Index / Search / Oenothera macrocarpa
§1 Plant
Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt.
vernacular bigfruit 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 216 counties across 8 states/territories§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 216 counties across 8 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barber 20007
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Smith 20183
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Missouri view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Hickory 29085
- Iron 29093
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Morgan 29141
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Reynolds 29179
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Beaver 40007
- Beckham 40009
- Blaine 40011
- Caddo 40015
- Carter 40019
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Ellis 40045
- Garvin 40049
- Grady 40051
- Greer 40055
- Harmon 40057
- Harper 40059
- Johnston 40069
- Kay 40071
- Lincoln 40081
- Major 40093
- Marshall 40095
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Oklahoma 40109
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Roger Mills 40129
- Stephens 40137
- Texas 40139
- Washita 40149
- Woods 40151
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Armstrong 48011
- Bell 48027
- Blanco 48031
- Bosque 48035
- Briscoe 48045
- Burnet 48053
- Callahan 48059
- Comal 48091
- Comanche 48093
- Cooke 48097
- Coryell 48099
- Dallam 48111
- Dallas 48113
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Delta 48119
- Dickens 48125
- Donley 48129
- Eastland 48133
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Fannin 48147
- Garza 48169
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Hamilton 48193
- Hartley 48205
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hill 48217
- Hutchinson 48233
- Johnson 48251
- Kendall 48259
- Kerr 48265
- Knox 48275
- Lubbock 48303
- Marion 48315
- McLennan 48309
- Montague 48337
- Moore 48341
- Motley 48345
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Parker 48367
- Potter 48375
- Randall 48381
- Sherman 48421
- Swisher 48437
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Travis 48453
- Wheeler 48483
- Williamson 48491
- Wise 48497
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/OEMA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3188904 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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