Index / Search / Oenothera nutans
§1 Plant
Oenothera nutans Atk. & Bartlett
vernacular nodding evening primrose — species · Onagraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Onagraceae Juss.
- Genus
- Oenothera
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 71 counties across 13 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 71 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cameron 42023
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Sullivan 42113
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/OENU2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3188863 ↗Record version
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