Index / Search / Oenothera villosa

§1 Plant

Oenothera villosa Thunb.

vernacular hairy evening primrose — species · Onagraceae


USDA
OEVI
GBIF
3188896
Rank
species
hairy evening primrose (Oenothera villosa)
Platephotograph · David MartinCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

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

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 552 counties across 34 states/territories
Legend Native · 552 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 552 counties across 34 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 3 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 59 N
California view state ↗ 5 N
Colorado view state ↗ 30 N
Idaho view state ↗ 31 N
Illinois view state ↗ 20 N
Indiana view state ↗ 12 N
Iowa view state ↗ 4 N
Kansas view state ↗ 62 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 15 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N
Maine view state ↗ 1 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N
Michigan view state ↗ 20 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 6 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N
Missouri view state ↗ 38 N
Montana view state ↗ 13 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 19 N
Nevada view state ↗ 5 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 13 N
New York view state ↗ 3 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 33 N
Ohio view state ↗ 7 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N
Oregon view state ↗ 21 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 12 N
Texas view state ↗ 7 N
Utah view state ↗ 10 N
Washington view state ↗ 26 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 42 N
Wyoming view state ↗ 20 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/OEVI ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/3188896 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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