Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis L.)
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Native | |
| Introduced | |
| Native or Not Present | |
| Introduced or Not Present | |
| Native or Introduced |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Habitat
Common evening primrose is found in a wide variety of sunny, disturbed habitats. Natural habitats include prairies, shores of lakes and rivers, and clearings around rock outcroppings. It is common in anthropogenic habitats including roadsides, railroads, pastures, abandoned cropland, vacant lots, and waste ground.
It inhabits a wide range of moisture conditions, from moist to dry, but is more likely on well-drained sites, only occasionally occurring in wetlands.
↑Links & External Resources
• Oenothera biennis (Common Evening Primrose) | Illinois Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Oenothera biennis | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Common Evening-Primrose | iNaturalist (About This Site)
• Oenothera biennis (Common Evening Primrose) | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)
• Oenothera biennis | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Oenothera biennis | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Oenothera biennis | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Oenothera biennis | Missouri Plants (About This Site)
• Common Evening Primrose | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Oenothera biennis (Common Evening Primrose) | Minnesota Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Oenothera biennis L. complex (Common Evening-primrose) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
