Oenothera odorataJacq.

WFO wfo-0000389670 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Oenothera odorata, photographed by aacocucci
fig. a aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-12-04 / obs. 173095393
Oenothera odorata, photographed by aacocucci
fig. b aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165449658
Oenothera odorata, photographed by aacocucci
fig. c aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165449687
Oenothera odorata, photographed by aacocucci
fig. d aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165449738
Oenothera odorata, photographed by aacocucci
fig. e aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201406076
Oenothera odorata, photographed by aacocucci
fig. f aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201406290
Oenothera odorata, photographed by aacocucci
fig. g aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201406093
Oenothera odorata, photographed by aacocucci
fig. h aacocucci, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201406310

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Oenothera odorata is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile South Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestArgentina SouthChile South
Native distribution of Oenothera odorata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Argentina South AGS
Chile South CLS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Oenothera ibari Phil.
  • Oenothera micans Tausch
  • Oenothera mollissima Hook. & Arn.
  • Oenothera mollissima subsp. odorata (Jacq.) Thell.
  • Oenothera odorata var. glabrescens Speg.
  • Oenothera odorata var. glaucescens Ser.
  • Oenothera odorata var. media Speg.
  • Oenothera odorata var. undulata Speg.
  • Oenothera odorata var. virescens Ser.
  • Oenothera odoratissima Tausch
  • Oenothera polymorpha var. ibari (Phil.) H.Lév.
  • Oenothera polymorpha var. undulata (W.T.Aiton) H.Lév.
  • Oenothera undulata W.T.Aiton
  • Onagra undulata (W.T.Aiton) Moench
  • Raimannia odorata (Jacq.) Sprague & L.Riley

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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