PLANTS Profile for Oenothera laciniata (cutleaf evening primrose)

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Oenothera laciniata Hill
cutleaf evening primrose

Symbol:

OELA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Onagraceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
CAN		I

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Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Davenport, Nahant Marsh. 2002. Usage Requirements.

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Oenothera laciniata Hill

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Synonyms:
Oenothera laciniata Hill

RALA6

Raimannia laciniata (Hill) Rose

Distribution:
Oenothera laciniata Hill


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Oenothera laciniata Hill

View 13 genera in Onagraceae, 65 species in Oenothera

Classification:
Oenothera laciniata Hill

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Onagraceae – Evening Primrose family
Genus	Oenothera L. – evening primrose
Species	Oenothera laciniata Hill – cutleaf evening primrose

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Oenothera laciniata Hill

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
cut-leaved evening-primrose		Endangered

U.S. Weed Information:
Oenothera laciniata Hill

cut-leaved evening primrose

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Oenothera laciniata Hill

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Oenothera laciniata Hill

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FAC

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FACU

FACU-

FACU

FAC*

NI*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Oenothera laciniata Hill

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Minor						Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Oenothera laciniata Hill

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27371.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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Oenothera laciniata Hill

Image of cut: leaved evening primrose

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 12:48 PM MDT