130 results for family: Onagraceae.
| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
| Onagraceae | Chamaenerion | Fireweed | | | 
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| Onagraceae | Chamaenerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum | Great Willow-herb, Fireweed | Grassy balds, roadsides, montane fields, burned areas, disturbed areas. | Circumboreal, extending south in North America to NJ, montane w. NC and ne. TN, n. IN, MN, SD, AZ, NM, and CA. | 
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| Onagraceae | Circaea | Enchanter's-nightshade | | | 
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| Onagraceae | Circaea ×sterilis | Hybrid Enchanter's-nightshade | Mesic, nutrient-rich forests. | NL (Newfoundland) west to ON and MN, south to w. NC, OH, and WI; it appears to be rare in our area, but should be sought more carefully. | |
| Onagraceae | Circaea alpina ssp. alpina | Alpine Enchanter's-nightshade | Moist organic soil at high elevations (especially in spruce-fir and northern hardwood forests), rocky or gravelly seepages, in spray behind waterfalls, at dripping cliff bases. | Ssp. alpina is itself circumboreal, in North America ranging from NL (Newfoundland) and NL (Labrador), west to AK, south to MD, w. NC, e. TN, KY, n. IL, MN, MT, and WA, disjunct in montane sites southward in the w. United States, such as the Black Hills of SD, and isolated montane sites in CO, AZ, and NM. | 
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| Onagraceae | Circaea canadensis | Canada Enchanter's-nightshade | Mesic, nutrient-rich forests. | NS and NB west to se. MB and ND, south to e. NC, c. SC, s. GA, LA, OK, and NE. | 
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| Onagraceae | Epilobium | Willow-herb) [also see Chamerion] | | | 
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| Onagraceae | Epilobium brachycarpum | | Railroad yards, a waif. | QC, ON, and BC south to MN, w. NE, NM, AZ, CA, and Mexico. | 
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| Onagraceae | Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum | American Willow-herb | Bogs, seeps, disturbed wet places (such as moist edges of logging roads). | NL (Newfoundland) and NL (Labrador) west to AK, south to VA, w. NC, nw. SC (Bradley et al. [in prep.]), ne. TN, IN, IA, CA, TX, Mexico, Central America; disjunct in Chile and Argentina. | 
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| Onagraceae | Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum | Northern Willow-herb | Seeps, other wet habitats. | NL west to AK, south to n. NJ, NY, n. OH, MI, WI, MN, SD, NM, AZ, CA; e. Asia. | 
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| Onagraceae | Epilobium coloratum | Bronze Willow-herb, Eastern Willow-herb | Seepages, streambanks, other moist open places. | ME west to MN, south to NC, n. GA, AL, AR, and TX; allegedly disjunct in Hispaniola. | 
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| Onagraceae | Epilobium densum | Northeastern Willow-herb, Downy Willow-herb, Soft Willow-herb | Marshes, bogs. | QC west to MN, south to s. NJ, n. VA (?), WV, OH, IN, c. IL, and IA. Reported for Arlington County, VA; the single record is regarded as questionable. | 
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| Onagraceae | Epilobium hirsutum | Hairy Willow-herb, Codlins-and-Cream | Disturbed areas. | Native of Eurasia. Naturalized south to s. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993; Rhoads & Block 2007), MD, and WV (Kartesz 1999, 2010). | 
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| Onagraceae | Epilobium leptophyllum | Narrowleaf Willow-herb, American Marsh Willow-herb | Bogs, fens, seepages, and boggy meadows. | NL (Newfoundland) and NT west to BC and AK, south to w. NC, ne. TN, KS, ne. TX (Mink, Singhurst, & Holmes 2011b), and CA. | 
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| Onagraceae | Epilobium palustre | Marsh Willowherb | Bogs, wooded swamps. | Circumboreal, south in North America to PA, MI, MN, NE, NM, and CA. | 
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| Onagraceae | Epilobium parviflorum | Smallflower Hairy Willowherb | Moist shores, cattail marshes, drawdown areas. | Native of Europe. Reported for WV (Elizabeth Byers, pers.comm., 2021) and for e. KY (V. Voelker, pers.comm., 2024). | 
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| Onagraceae | Epilobium roseum | | | PA (Kartesz 2022). | |
| Onagraceae | Ludwigia | Seedbox, Water-primrose, Water-purslane | | | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia alata | Winged Seedbox | Interdune ponds, freshwater to slightly brackish (oligohaline) marshes, cypress swamps. | Se. VA south to s. FL, west to se. LA; disjunct in Jamaica, where apparently introduced. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia alternifolia | Alternate-leaved Seedbox | Freshwater tidal marshes, ditches, other marshes, open wet places, disturbed wet places. | MA west to s. ON, s. MI, IA, and KS, south to n. FL and e. TX. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia arcuata | Pondshore Seedbox | Marshes or submerged in water of natural Coastal Plain ponds. | Ne. SC south to s. FL, west to Panhandle FL and s. AL. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia bonariensis | | Freshwater tidal marshes and adjacent disturbed areas. | Apparently native of tropical America. Locally abundant in disturbed edges of freshwater tidal marshes near Wilmington, NC, perhaps introduced on ship's ballast. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia brevipes | Long Beach Seedbox, Coastal Plain Water-purslane | Pondshores, blackwater rivers, interdunal swales, borrow ponds, ditches, impoundments, tidal freshwater marshes, other marshes. | NJ south to e. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), and Panhandle FL (Escambia County), in the Coastal Plain. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia curtissii | Curtiss’s Seedbox | Pine savannas, flatwoods, marshes, marl prairies, pond shores. | Nc. FL south to s. FL; Bahamas. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia decurrens | Wingstem Water-primrose | Swamp forests, marshes, ditches. | MD, w. VA, WV, s. IN, s. IL, and MO, south to s. FL and TX; West Indies; Mexico (CAM, CHP, COL, JAL, MIC, NAY, TAB), Central America and South America; Africa and Asia. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia erecta | Yerba de Jicotea | Marshes, swamps, pineland ponds. | FL; West Indies; tropical America; tropical Africa and Madagascar. Also in Coastal Plain of MS and e. TX, probably by introduction. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia glandulosa | Small-flowered Seedbox | Low forests, marshes, ditches. | E. MD south to n. FL, west to e. TX, north in the interior to c. TN, w. KY, s. IN, s. IL, se. MO, c. AR, and se. OK, primarily on the Southeastern Coastal Plain. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia grandiflora | Showy Water-primrose | Ponds, lakes, sluggish waters of ditches or streams. | Se. SC south to FL, west to TX; disjunct in MO, Guatemala, and in s. South America. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia hexapetala | Common Water-primrose | Ponds, lakes, sluggish waters of ditches or streams. | NC south to FL, west to OK and TX; also in CA, Europe, South America, Mexico; also introduced farther north in North America. Reported for DE and MD (Longbottom, Naczi, & Knapp 2016). | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia hirtella | Rafinesque's Seedbox, Spindleroot, Hairy Seedbox | Pine savannas, rarely inland in boggy seepage in barrens and oak flatwoods. | S. NJ south to Panhandle FL, west to e. TX, north in the interior to KY, c. TN, AR, and se. OK. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia lanceolata | Lanceleaf Seedbox | Pocosins, interdune ponds, open wet areas. | Se. NC south to c. peninsular FL, west to Panhandle FL. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia leptocarpa | Water-willow | Riverbanks, marshes, swamps, and ditches, often on logs or tree bases in deep swamps. | VA south to c. peninsular FL, west to e. TX, north in the interior along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to se. MO, s. IL, and w. WV; and in tropical America. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia linearis var. linearis | Eastern Narrowleaf Seedbox | Pine savannas, swamps, marshes. | Var. linearis ranges from s. NJ south to c. peninsular FL, west to se. LA, extending inland to the Cumberland Plateau of nc. AL and c. TN. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia linearis var. puberula | Western Narrowleaf Seedbox | Pine savannas, prairies, interdunal swales, ditches. | Var. puberula ranges primarily from c. AL west to c. AR and e. MO, south to e. TX, with intergradational material extending as far north and east as n. FL and e. NC. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia linifolia | Flaxleaf Seedbox | Limesink ponds (dolines) and Taxodium ascendens savannas; wet pine savannas. | Nc. NC south to s. FL, west to s. MS; disjunct in s. Mexico (TAB). | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia longifolia | Longleaf Seedbox | Swamps, marshes. | Native of South America. | |
| Onagraceae | Ludwigia maritima | Harper's Seedbox | Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, bogs. | E. NC south to s. peninsular FL, west to e. LA. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia microcarpa | Small-fruited Seedbox | In circumneutral or alkaline soils of moist places, over calcareous rock, mafic rock, shell hash, or brackish sands, such as in maritime wet grasslands, savannas and adjacent ditches over coquina limestone (‘marl’), and wet clay flats over diabase, often in roadside ditches, and inland in calcareous fens and wet calcareous glades. | Ne. NC south to s. FL, west to se. TX (Brown & Marcus 1998); disjunct inland on calcareous or mafic rocks in nc. NC, nc. SC, n. GA, n. AL, c. and e. TN, sc. MO, and nc. AR; also in the Bahamas, Cuba, and Jamaica. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia octovalvis | Mexican Primose-willow | Marshes, disturbed areas. | Se. NC south to s. FL, west to TX; and widespread in tropical America; Old World tropics and subtropics. The native and non-native components of the distribution are unclear, but Mohr (1901) referred to Jussiaea suffruticosa as "occurring near ballast heaps; presumably a fugitive from the tropics". | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia palustris | Common Water-purslane | In a wide range of natural and altered moist to wet, disturbed areas, such as ditches, marshes, swamps, saturated firelanes and other wet sandy areas. Often in areas with some standing water, at least seasonally. | Widespread in North America, West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America, Central Eurasia, Africa, and Asia. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia peploides var. glabrescens | Floating Primrose-willow | Pools, ditches, disturbed places. | PA, VA and NC south and west to FL and AZ; Mexico; Venezuela. Doubtfully native in the eastern parts of our area. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia peploides var. montevidensis | | Marshes. | Native of South America. | |
| Onagraceae | Ludwigia peploides var. peploides | | Canals, ditches, sluggish waters. | TX, NM, AZ, and CA south to Mexico, Central America, South America; West Indies. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia peruviana | Primrose-willow | Swamps, pondshores. | Native of the Neotropics. In s. GA (Jones & Coile 1988). Reported for NC (Kartesz 1999, 2022). All or part of the Southeastern distribution is as an alien species. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia pilosa | Hairy Seedbox | Swamps, ditches, blackwater streams, other wet places. | Se. VA south to n. FL, west to se. TX, restricted to the Coastal Plain except for disjunct occurrences inland in NC, VA, and n. AL. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia polycarpa | Manyfruit Seedbox | Wet meadows, swales. | MA, CT, and w. VT west to s. ON, MI, WI, MN, and c. NE, south to c. VA, KY, s. IL, s. MO, and e. KS. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia ravenii | Raven's Seedbox | Margins of Coastal Plain ponds, wet pine savannas, swamps, marshes, wet open places. | Se. VA south to ne. FL, restricted to the Coastal Plain. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia repens | Creeping Seedbox | Ditches, pools, and streams. | Se. VA south to s. FL, west to TX, CA, and n. Mexico, north in the interior to TN, MO, and OK; Bermuda; West Indies; Central and South America. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia simpsonii | Simpson's Seedbox | Ponds, ditches. | Ne. FL, Panhandle FL, s. MS (?) south to s. FL; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica). | |
| Onagraceae | Ludwigia spathulata | Southern Water-purslane | Sinkhole ponds, cypress-gum ponds, depression meadows, boggy shores. | SC south to Panhandle FL and s. AL. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia species 1 [=brachycarpa] | | Prairies, meadows, ditches, seeps. | Sw. AR and s. OK south to sw. LA and e. and c. TX. | |
| Onagraceae | Ludwigia sphaerocarpa | Globe-fruited Seedbox | Boggy areas, pools, ditches, river marshes, interdune swales, river and pondshores, tidal freshwater marshes. | E. MA south to n. FL, west to e. TX, primarily on the Coastal Plain, spottily distributed in that range, and also disjunct in w. NY, sc. TN, s. IN, and nw. IN, ne. and s. IL. Recently rediscovered in Illinois in 2019 by Paul Marcum in Pope County, approximately 160 years after first being discovered in the state much further north in Cook County. This species otherwise primarily occurs in the coastal plain outside of its Great Lakes disjunction. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia suffruticosa | Pond Seedbox, "Shrubby Seedbox" | Periodically to seasonally flooded portions of limesink ponds (dolines) and pondcypress savannas of clay-based Carolina bays, other seasonally ponded wetlands. | Se. NC south to s. peninsular FL, west to Panhandle FL and se AL. | 
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| Onagraceae | Ludwigia virgata | Savanna Seedbox | Wet pine savannas and pine flatwoods. | Se. VA south to s. peninsular FL, west to Panhandle FL and se. AL. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera | Evening-primrose | | | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera albicaulis | | Dry, sandy areas. | ND and MT south to sc. OK, wc. TX, w. TX, NM, AZ, and n. Mexico (CHH, SON). | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera argillicola | Shale-barren Evening-primrose | Shale barrens and woodlands. | Sc. PA south through MD to e. WV and w. VA (south to Montgomery County). | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera biennis | Common Evening-primrose | Fields, pastures, roadsides, disturbed areas. | Ranging widely in e. North America and Europe, and scattered in w. North America. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera calcicola | Texas Gaura | Dry limestone and caliche soils. | C. and w. TX south to Mexico (COA, DUR, NLE, QRO?, TAM). | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera capillifolia ssp. berlandieri | Berlandier's Sundrops | Prairies, sandy, rocky, or gravelly open areas, especially calcareous. | KS and s. CO south to e. TX, s. TX, w. TX, and ne. Mexico (COA, NLE, TAM). | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera capillifolia ssp. capillifolia | Berlandier's Sundrops | Prairies and oak savannas, in sandy and rocky areas, especially calcareous. | OK and NM south through s. LA and s. TX to Mexico; disjunct eastward in MS and AL. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera cinerea ssp. cinerea | Woolly Gaura | Sandy flats and dunes. | KS and se. CO south to c. TX, w. TX, and s. NM. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera cinerea ssp. parksii | Parks's Gaura | Red sands. | S. TX. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera clelandii | Sand Evening-primrose | Sand prairies, riverbanks, dry, sandy disturbed areas. | MI, WI, and MN south to KY and AR; scattered further east as introductions. Reported for SC (Kartesz 1999, 2021), but based on misidentification. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera cordata | Heartleaf Evening-primrose | Sandy oak woodlands and savannas. | Endemic in se. TX. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera curtiflora | Small-flowered Gaura, Velvety Gaura, Lizardtail Gaura | Sandy fields, disturbed areas, and clearings. | IN and IL west to WA, south to MS, and Mexico (PUE); apparently introduced eastward to MA, TN, GA, and SC (the exact eastern edge of the native distribution uncertain). | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera curtissii | Florida Evening-primrose | Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy fields, other dry disturbed areas. | Se. SC south to n. peninsular FL, west to s. AL. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera demareei | Demaree's Gaura, Ouachita Gaura | Open meadows in sandy loam. | AR west to e. OK and e. TX, centered in the Ouachita Mountains. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera drummondii | Drummond's Evening-primrose | Sandy ocean beaches, disturbed areas; eastwards perhaps only introduced or adventive from the western Gulf Coast. | Se. NC south to s. FL, west to se. TX, and south to c. Mexico (BCS, HGO, QRO, SLP, SON, TAB, TAM, VER); occurrences eastwards (from FL, SC, and NC) are sometimes considered adventive, but in habitat are entirely plausible as native occurrences. All inland occurrences should be considered adventive. O. thalassaphila Brandegee is restricted to the southern tip of Baja California. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima | Hooker's Evening Primrose | Moist sites in floodplains, fallow fields, and other disturbed areas. | KS, CO, ID, and WA south to e. OK, e. TX, w. TX, NM, AZ, CA, and Mexico. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera falfurriae | Royal Evening-primrose | Open, sandy sites. | E. and s. TX. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera filiformis | Large-flowered Gaura, Biennial Gaura, Tall Gaura | Glades, prairies, woodlands, shell middens and calcareous hammocks, openings in bottomland forests, disturbed areas, especially over calcareous soils. | MI, WI, MN, SD, and NE, south to AL, MS, LA, and s. TX. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera filipes | Threadstalk Gaura | Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, barrens, prairies, sandy fields, disturbed areas, and clearings. | SC west to n. TN and s. IN, south to ne. FL and e. and w. LA. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera fruticosa var. 1 [brevistipata] | Glandular Sundrops | Calcareous barrens and glades, post oak savannas and flatwoods, other dry to dry-mesic, rocky or sandy woodlands. | S. SC west to MS and north to IL and OH. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera fruticosa var. fruticosa | Narrowleaf Sundrops | Piedmont hardpan woodlands, mafic and ultramafic barrens and glades, dry oak-hickory woodlands, longleaf pine sandhills, dry roadsides. | SC north to PA, mostly in the Piedmont. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera fruticosa var. goodmanii | Ozark Sundrops | Dry forests and woodlands, glades, rock outcrops. | Ozark Plateau and Ouachita Mountains, and adjacent areas, of AR, OK, MO, and LA. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera fruticosa var. microcarpa | Small-fruited Sundrops | Boggy depressions. | E. MD south to e. SC. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera fruticosa var. subglobosa | Flatrock Sundrops | Granite flatrocks and domes. | GA to e. AL. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera gaura | Biennial Gaura, Northeastern Gaura | Barrens, glades, woodlands, roadsides, streambanks, fields, disturbed areas. | MA and NY west to WI, se. MN, and IA, south to sw. NC, c. GA (Jones & Coile 1988), sc. TN, and c. IL. Reports from the Gulf and Southern Atlantic Coastal Plain appear to be based on misidentification of O. simulans and O. filiformis. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera glauca | Glaucous Sundrops | Cliffs, rocky streambanks, moist forests over sedimentary rock. | Cumberland Plateau and Ridge and Valley of KY, TN, and GA. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera glaucifolia | False Gaura | Limestone and dolomite glades, disturbed areas. | MO, SD, and se. WY south to sw. AR, e. and c. TX, and NM. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera glazioviana | Garden Evening-primrose | Disturbed areas. | This species apparently arose as a garden hybrid, and has been widely cultivated and naturalized nearly worldwide. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera grandiflora | Large-flowered Evening-primrose | Woodlands, river-banks, disturbed areas. | Apparently native to Panhandle FL, AL, and MS; scattered elsewhere as a horticultural plant. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera grandis | Showy Ragged Evening-primrose | Upland prairies, roadsides, other disturbed (especially sandy) areas. | IL, MO, and NE south to LA, TX, NM, and Mexico (DGO, MIC, TAM). | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera hartwegii ssp. fendleri | Fendler's Sundrops | Prairies, calcareous grasslands. | Sc. KS, n. NM, and n. AZ south to s. and w. TX and ne. Mexico (COA). | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera hartwegii ssp. maccartii | MacCart's Sundrops | Grasslands over limestone. | C. and s. TX south to ne. Mexico (COA, NLE, TAM). | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera hartwegii ssp. pubescens | Hartweg's Sundrops | Open sandy or calcareous areas. | KS, NM, and AZ south through e. OK and c. and s. TX to Mexico (COA, DUR). | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera heterophylla ssp. heterophylla | Sandhill Evening-primrose | Sandy oak woodlands, also roadsides and other disturbed areas. | Sw. AR and ne. TX south to sw. LA and e. TX. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera heterophylla ssp. orientalis | Alabama Evening-primrose | Xeric fluvial sand ridges and barrens, other open, sandy areas. | Endemic to w. AL (Pickens and Sumter counties), sw. AR, and MS (Tombigbee barrens, J. Kees, pers.comm. 2021). | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera hispida | Sweet Gaura, Scented Gaura, Drummond's Gaura | Prairies, disturbed areas. | AR south to LA, TX, and Mexico (BCN, BCS, COA, DGO, GTO, HGO, MEX, MIC, NLE, OAX, QRO, SLP, TAM, ZAC); disjunct eastward in e. GA (Kartesz 1999), where apparently introduced. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera humifusa | Seabeach Evening-primrose, Spreading Evening-primrose | Coastal sand dunes, disturbed sandy areas and lawns on barrier islands. | S. NJ south to s. FL, west to s. LA, along the coast. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera hybrida | Blue Ridge Sundrops | Moist forests and woodlands, rocky streambanks, moist roadsides, at moderate to high elevations. | Southern Blue Ridge Mountains of VA south through NC and TN to GA. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera jamesii | Trumpet Evening-primrose | Stream banks, other moist areas. | Sc. KS, c. and w. OK, TX, and ne. Mexico (COA, NLE). | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera kunthiana | Kunth's Evening-primrose | Alluvial flats. | S., c., and w. TX and se. AZ south to se. Mexico. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera laciniata | Cutleaf Evening-primrose | Disturbed areas. | ME west to ND, south to s. FL and TX; also in CA. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Beeblossom | Coastal prairies; eastwards on roadsides and in other disturbed areas. | W. LA and TX; scattered eastwards (perhaps only as introductions) in e. LA (the Florida parishes), s. MS, s. AL, and Panhandle FL. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera linifolia | Threadleaf Sundrops, Flaxleaf Sundrops | Barrens, glades, dry openings, and fields. | C. VA west to s. IL and se. KS, south to Panhandle FL and se. TX. Some of the occurrences east of the Mississippi River may be adventive. Belden et al. (2004) discuss the Virginia occurrence. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa | Missouri Evening-primrose, Wingfruit Evening-primrose, Glade-lily, Missouri-primrose | Glades on calcareous substrates, blackland prairies. | IL west to WY, south to n. AR and c. TX; disjunct in c. TN. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. oklahomensis | Oklahoma Sundrops | In rocky or clayey areas. | S. KS through OK to nc. TX. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera mckelveyae | McKelvey's Evening-primrose | Sandy areas. | Se. and s. TX south into ne. Mexico (NLE, TAM). | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera mexicana | Mexican Evening-primrose | Open, sandy areas. | E., se., and s. TX. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera nutans | Nodding Evening-primrose | Roadsides, openings, forest edges, pastures. | ME west to MI, south to n. FL, s. AL, and s. MO. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera nuttallii | Nuttall's Evening-primrose | Disturbed areas. | ON west to AB, south to MN, KS, CO, and UT, and introduced eastwards in c. IL, MI, and WI. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera oakesiana | Oakes's Evening-primrose | Sandy dunes and sandplains, river-scours, disturbed areas, roadsides. | NS west to MB, south to e. NC (?), VA, PA, n. IN, n. IL, and s. MN. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera pallida ssp. latifolia | Pale Evening-primrose | Sandy or rocky areas. | SD and MT south to sc. OK, NM, and UT. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera parviflora | Small-flowered Evening-primrose, Northern Evening-primrose | Fields, disturbed areas. | NS west to MB, south to NC, TN, KY, and MO. Reported for GA (GANHP). | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera patriciae | Plains Gaura | Sandy open areas. | OK south through w. LA, e. TX, and c. TX; historically eastwards in MS, perhaps only as a waif. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera perennis | Little Sundrops | Bogs, sphagnous seeps, moist fields. | NS west to MB, south to w. NC, nw. SC, KY, and MO. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera pilosella | Midwestern Evening-primrose | Fens, marshes, swamps, moist fields, disturbed areas. | NH west to ON, south to s. VA, KY, n. AL, c. MS, and c. LA; widely cultivated, many occurrences eastward and southward likely represent introductions. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera rhombipetala | Longspike Evening-primrose, Sand Evening-primrose | Riverbanks, prairies, disturbed areas. | MI, WI, MN, and ND south to w. LA, TX, and se. NM. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera riparia | Riverbank Evening-primrose | Freshwater tidal marshes and freshwater tidal swamp forests, non-tidal swamps, along channel margins, and especially on rises, stumps, fallen logs, and cypress knees. | Se. VA south to se. NC and e. SC. Present in the freshwater tidal portions of the Waccamaw, Northeast Cape Fear, Black, Greater Pee Dee, Cape Fear, Scuppernong, and Alligator rivers. Gramling et al. (2018) discuss the species' occurrence along the Edisto River (Charleston and Colleton counties, SC). | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera rosea | Rose Evening-primrose | Along creeks and rivers, disturbed areas. | TX south to Mexico and Central America; West Indies. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera serrulata | Plains Sundrops | Riverbanks, prairies. | ON west to AB, south to w. KY (Jones 2005), w. AR, s. TX, s. NM, and s. AZ. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera sessilis | Prairie Sundrops | Marshy areas. | AR south to w. LA and se. TX. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera simulans | Southeastern Gaura, Southern Bee-blossom | Longleaf pine sandhills, other open woodlands, sandy fields, roadsides, primarily in the outer Coastal Plain. | E. NC (Dare County) south to s. FL, west to e. TX, endemic to the Coastal Plain. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera sinuosa | Wavyleaf Gaura | Sandy fields, disturbed areas, and clearings. | AR and OK south to s. TX and n. Mexico (BCN, TAM), introduced eastward to SC and FL. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera spachiana | Spach's Evening-primrose | Prairies, open woodlands, sandy areas. | Sw. AR and OK south to w. LA and e. TX; disjunct eastwards in MS and AL. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera species 1 [australis] | | Dunes, other dry sandy areas near the coast. | Along the TX coast, south to TAM. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera species 2 | Sharp's Sundrops | Oak savannas and prairies of the Eastern Highland Rim. | Known from the Eastern Highland Rim of TN. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera speciosa | Showy Evening-primrose, Pink-ladies | Grasslands, prairies, glades, roadsides and fields, also cultivated as an ornamental. | The original distribution obscured by subsequent cultivation and spread, but apparently something like IA and NE south to LA, TX, NM, and Mexico (BCS, CHH, COA, DGO, MOR, NLE, SLP, SON, TAM, ZAC). | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera suffrutescens | Scarlet Gaura | Sandy or rocky prairies. | ON and BC south to MO, OK, TX, NM, AZ, CA, and to se. Mexico. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera suffulta | Kisses | Prairies, roadsides, disturbed areas. | OK south to s. TX. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera tetragona | Northern Sundrops | Moist to wet meadows, woodlands, stream margins, river-scours, rocky shoals. | NL (Newfoundland) west to MI, south to e. VA and MO. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera tetraptera | Fourwing Evening-primrose | Alluvial flats, disturbed areas. | E. and s. TX southwards into sc. Mexico. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera triangulata | Prairie Gaura | Sandy open areas. | Sc. OK south to nc. TX. | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera triloba | Stemless Evening-primrose | Limestone glades, blackbelt prairies, playas, floodplains; eastwards also in disturbed areas. | MO and KS south through AR, OK, and e. NM to ne. LA, TX, and n. Mexico (BCN, CHH, COA, NLE, TAM); also scattered east of the Mississippi River in both native and apparently introduced populations. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera tubicula ssp. tubicula | Texas Sundrops | Grasslands over limestone. | Nc. TX and NM south to sc. and w. TX and Mexico (CHH?, COA, NLE, TAM, and ZAC). | |
| Onagraceae | Oenothera unguiculata | Coastal Sundrops | Longleaf pine sandhill seeps, moist to wet loamy savannas, wet maritime grasslands. | Long Island, NY south to through the mid-Atlantic states to e. SC and e. GA. | 
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| Onagraceae | Oenothera villosa ssp. villosa | Hairy Evening-primrose | Prairies, eastwards naturalized in fields, roadsides, other disturbed areas. | ON west to AB, south to AR and TX. | 
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| Onagraceae | Onagraceae | Evening-primrose Family | | | 
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