Onagraceae
Oenothera

Oenothera laciniata Hill

First published in Hort. Kew.: 172/4 (1768)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & E. U.S.A. to Guatemala. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belgium, Bermuda, California, Cape Provinces, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, East European Russia, Ecuador, Finland, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Libya, Netherlands, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Ontario, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, Zimbabwe

Recorded in error in:

Finland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2016). https://doi.org/10.5923/j.ijmb.20160601.02. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Cantero, J.J. & al. (2016). Novedades para la flora de la Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 51: 183-207.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1990). Flora of Australia 18: 1-349. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Greuter, W. & al. (eds.) (2021). Flora de la republica de Cuba : Serie A, Plantas vasculares 26: 1-166.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (eds.) (2007). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, volumen VI, Dicotyledóneas (Haloragaceae-Phytolaccaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 111: 1-933. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (1999). Flora of Japan IIc: 1-328. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Jonsell, B. & Karlsson, T. (eds.) (2010). Flora Nordica 6: 1-298. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2016). https://doi.org/10.5923/j.ijmb.20160601.02. epublication.
  • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Britton, N. (1918). Flora of Bermuda: 1-585. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
  • Cantero, J.J. & al. (2016). Novedades para la flora de la Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 51: 183-207.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) (2012). Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2011. Part II: plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 1-102.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • George, A.S. (ed.) (1990). Flora of Australia 18: 1-349. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (eds.) (2007). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, volumen VI, Dicotyledóneas (Haloragaceae-Phytolaccaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 111: 1-933. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (1999). Flora of Japan IIc: 1-328. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Jonsell, B. & Karlsson, T. (eds.) (2010). Flora Nordica 6: 1-298. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
  • Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2007). Flora of China 13: 1-548. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2005-2022). The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 2, 2011 USA K000742460 No
Jun 2, 2011 USA K000742460 No
Jun 2, 2011 USA K000742459 No
Jun 2, 2011 USA K000742459 No
Jun 2, 2011 USA K000742460 No
Jun 2, 2011 USA K000742460 No
Jan 25, 2008 Peru K000533333 No
Jan 25, 2008 Peru K000533333 No
Jan 25, 2008 K000533339 No
Jan 25, 2008 Peru K000533333 No
Jan 25, 2008 Peru K000533333 No
Jan 25, 2008 Peru K000533333 No
Jan 25, 2008 Peru K000533333 No
Jan 25, 2008 Peru K000533333 No
Jan 25, 2008 Peru K000533333 No
Sep 30, 2003 Ecuador K000200463 No
Sep 30, 2003 Ecuador K000200463 No
Sep 30, 2003 Ecuador K000200463 No
Sep 30, 2003 Ecuador K000200463 No
Jan 1, 1974 Spruce, R. [5039] Ecuador K000006299 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Spruce, R. [5039] Ecuador K000006300 Yes
Jan 1, 1974 Spruce, R. [5039] Ecuador K000200463 Yes
Metcalfe, O.B. [s.n.] United States K003858255 Yes
s.coll. [982] Ecuador K003858919 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [23488] South Africa K003857722 Yes
McCallum Webster, M. [2771] United Kingdom K003857318 Yes
Lepschi, B.J.; Lally, T.R. [BJL2603] Australia K003857531 Yes
Nash, G.V. [s.n.] United States K003858238 Yes
Herman, P. [716] South Africa K003857716 Yes
Galpin, E.E. [9447] South Africa K003857725 Yes
Gordon-Gray, K.D. [6358] South Africa K003857717 Yes
Goodier, R. [361] South Africa K003857721 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003858831 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [2307] South Africa K003857724 Yes
Thompson, R.A.; Rudman, R.; Johnson, F.L. [C0401] United States K003858223 Yes
Rugel [s.n.] United States K001665902 Yes
Sandwith, C.I.; Sandwith, N.Y. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003857315 Yes
Blumer, J.C. [s.n.] United States K003858253 Yes
Dony, J.C.; Dony, C.M. [4371] United Kingdom K003857317 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [244] South Africa K003857723 Yes
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] United States K003858224 Yes
Jones, G.N. [21984] United States K003858249 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003857320 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [905] United States K003858240 Yes
Jones, G.N. [22384] United States K003858251 Yes
Savatier, P.A.L. [1397] Peru K003858925 Yes
Fredholm, A. [5400] United States K003858235 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [7648] United States K003858241 Yes
Sandeman, C. [4617] Peru K003858922 Yes
Drummond [58] United States K003858230 Yes
Gouan; Drummond, T. [107] United States K003858229 Yes
Lindheimer [368] United States K003858234 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador K003858920 Yes
Strey, R.G. [7783] South Africa K003857719 Yes
Moldenke, H.N. [169] United States K003858243 Yes
Langley Kitching [s.n.] United States K003858252 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [6371] United States K003858237 Yes
Balls, E.K. [B5841] Ecuador K003858918 Yes
s.coll. [8462] Zimbabwe K003857606 Yes
Whaley, O.; Orellana, A. [362] Peru K003858921 Yes
Strey, R.G. [6963] South Africa K003857720 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.; Jaramillo, J.; Coello, F. [20293] Ecuador K003858958 Yes
Nash, G.V. [s.n.] United States K003858239 Yes
Jacobsz, M.L. [2078] South Africa K003857727 Yes
Furuse, M. [36418] Japan K003857409 Yes
Kanai, H.; Okubo, K.; Ohashi, H. [10092] Japan K003857410 Yes
s.coll. [s.d.] K003857321 Yes
Geyer, C.A. [647] United States K001665901 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [4651] United States K003858236 Yes
Wooton, E.O. [s.n.] United States K003858254 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [22] United States K003858246 Yes
Drummond, T. [107] United States K003858228 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K003857319 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003858227 Yes
Schweinitz [2] Peru K003858923 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States K003858232 Yes
Tuomey, M. [s.n.] United States K003858225 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [618] United States K003858221 Yes
Maitland, T.D. [23] United States K003858250 Yes
Tharp, B.C. [44140] United States K003858244 Yes
Medlin, L.T. [s.n.] K003857314 Yes
Williamson, C. [209] South Africa K003857718 Yes
Ferguson, I.K. [4157] United States K003858245 Yes
Cuming, H. [1079] Peru K003858924 Yes
J.D.M. [s.n.] K003857316 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K003858226 Yes
Repton, J.E. [5306] South Africa K003857726 Yes
Hall [1] Ecuador K003858917 Yes
Lindheimer, F. [s.n.] United States K003858233 Yes
Lindheimer, F. [s.n.] United States K003858231 Yes
Ahles, H.E.; Bell, C.R. [10911] United States K003858248 Yes
Chase, V.H. [15321] United States K003858247 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [7302] United States K003858242 Yes
Thompson, R.A.; Rudman, R.; Johnson, F.L. [C0441] United States K003858222 Yes
Ecuador K000006300 No
Ecuador K000006299 No
Ecuador K000006300 No
Ecuador K000006299 No
Ecuador K000006300 No
Ecuador K000006299 No
Ecuador K000006299 No
Ecuador K000006300 No
Melville, R. [s.n.] Oenothera sinuata K003857329 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0