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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Myrtles, Evening Primroses, and Allies
  6. Evening Primrose Family
  7. Evening-primroses
  8. Oenothera Sect. Megapterium

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Oenothera Sect. Megapterium

Megapterium

Includes
3 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Bigfruit Evening Primrose native
  • Howard's Evening Primrose native
  • Shortfruit Evening Primrose present
  • Cory's Evening-primrose native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native oenothera sect. megapterium All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Bigfruit Evening Primrose Oenothera macrocarpa caterpillars 13 bees 5 hosts 1 food 8 flowers 47
  • Howard's Evening Primrose Oenothera howardii caterpillars 13 bees 3 hosts 1 food 7 flowers 31
  • Cory's Evening-primrose Oenothera coryi caterpillars 8 bees 1 hosts 1 food 8 flowers 14

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