Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Oenothera albicaulis Pursh

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Anogra albicaulis (Pursh) Britton, Anogra albicaulis Britton, Anogra bradburiana Rydb., Anogra perplexa Rydb., Oenothera albicaulis Nutt. , Oenothera ctenophylla (Woot. & Standl.) Tidestrom

Common names:

Pale evening primrose (1977-1986) (3, 4)

Prairie evening-primrose [Prairie evening primrose] (1899-1986) (4, 5, 97, 131)

White evening-primrose [White evening primrose] (1932, SD) (85)

Whitest evening-primrose (Present) (50)

White-stalk primrose [White-stalked primrose] (1820) (38)