Plant Details

Accepted name:: Oenothera perennis L. [Onagraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
small eveningprimrose	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Oenothera pumila L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 493 (1762), nom. superfl.
Kneiffia gracilis (Schrad. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Bartl. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1837: 4 (1837).
Kneiffia michauxii Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 4: 167 (1835).
Kneiffia perennis (L.) Pennell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 372 (1919).
Kneiffia pumila Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 4: 377 (1835), nom. superfl.
Oenothera chrysantha Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 225 (1803).
Oenothera gracilis Schrad. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 2: 44 (1836).
Oenothera perennis f. rectipilis (S.F.Blake) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 93: 644 (1966).
Oenothera perennis var. rectipilis (S.F.Blake) S.F.Blake Rhodora 25: 47 (1923).
Oenothera perennis var. typica Munz Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 64: 302 (1937), not validly publ.
Oenothera pumila var. chrysantha Gordinier & Howe Fl. Rensselaer Co., New York: 14 (1894).
Oenothera pumila var. minima Lehm. ex Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 212 (1832).
Oenothera pumila var. pusilla (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 498 (1840).
Oenothera pumila var. rectipilis S.F.Blake Rhodora 19: 110 (1917).
Oenothera pusilla Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 225 (1803).
Oenothera riparia Lehm. in W.J.Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 212 (1832), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Oenothera perennis L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Oenothera pumila L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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