Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Oenothera caespitosa Nutt.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Oenothera cespitosa Nutt. [orthographic variant], Pachylophus caespitosa (Nutt.) Raimann, Pachylopus caespitosa (Nutt.) Raimann, Pacylophus caespitosus (Nutt.) Raim., Pacylophus canescens Piper, Pacylophus montanus (Nutt.) A. Nels.

Common names:

Butte primrose (1933ND) (127)

Gumbo evening-primrose [Gumbo evening primrose] (1986) (4)

Gumbo-lily [Gumbo lily] (1932-1933, ND SD, name widely used "much to writer's disapproval") (85, 127)

Rock rose (1932, SD) (85)

Scapose primrose (1899-1913) (5, 131)

Stemless western primrose (1878) (108)

Tufted evening-primrose [Tufted eveningprimrose] (1923-Present) (50, 138, 155)