Index / Search / Oenothera nuttallii
§1 Plant
Oenothera nuttallii Sweet
vernacular Nuttall's evening primrose — species · Onagraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Onagraceae Juss.
- Genus
- Oenothera
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 124 counties across 9 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 124 counties across 9 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Brown 27015
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Douglas 27041
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Kanabec 27065
- Kittson 27069
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Norman 27107
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Renville 27129
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wadena 27159
Montana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- McHenry 38049
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Mountrail 38061
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
South Dakota view state ↗ 15 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/OENU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7744278 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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