Calflora: Oenothera primiveris ssp. primiveris

Oenothera primiveris A. Gray ssp. primiveris

desert evening primrose, yellow desert evening primrose

Oenothera primiveris ssp. primiveris, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California and is found only slightly beyond California borders.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: Mar--May

Elevation:	between 95 and 1620 meters
Family:	ONAGRACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Oenothera found in California.
	See the more inclusive parent record Oenothera primiveris.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:
(according to)

PLANTS:	Oenothera primiveris var. caulescens
TJM2 + PLANTS:	Oenothera primiveris ssp. caulescens

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Kern: 1 / 0 CCH Los Angeles: 2 / 1 CCH Riverside: 3 / 3 CCH San Bernardino: 22 / 20 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Oenothera primiveris ssp. primiveris from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (OEPRP)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database