Index / Search / Oenothera rhombipetala

§1 Plant

Oenothera rhombipetala Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray

vernacular fourpoint evening primrose — species · Onagraceae


USDA
OERH
GBIF
3188826
Rank
species
fourpoint evening primrose (Oenothera rhombipetala)
Platephotograph · Jerry OldenettelCC BY-NC-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual, Biennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Onagraceae Juss.
Genus
Oenothera
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 207 counties across 15 states/territories
Legend Native · 207 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 207 counties across 15 states/territories.

Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N
Illinois view state ↗ 38 N
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N
Kansas view state ↗ 29 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 7 N
Missouri view state ↗ 8 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 37 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 31 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N
Texas view state ↗ 35 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 5 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/OERH ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3188826 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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