Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Oenothera speciosa Nutt.

Family: Onagraceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Hartmannia speciosa (Nutt.) Small., Oenothera delessertiana Steud., Oenothera speciosa Nutt. var. childsi Munz

Common names:

Hartmannia (1937, TX) (124)

Mexican evening-primrose (1949) (109)

Pink-ladies [Pinkladies] (Present) (50)

Prairie-poppy [Prairie poppy] (1923) (156)

Red primrose (1937, TX) (124)

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

Showy primrose (1913-1937) (5, 97)

White evening-primrose [White evening primrose] (1923) (156)

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