| South American evening-primrose | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Oenothera |
| Species: | O. pubescens |
| Binomial name | |
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Oenothera Pubescens Willd. ex Spreng. |
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| Synonyms | |
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O. laciniata spp. pubescens (Willd. ex Spreng.) Munz |
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O. laciniata spp. pubescens (Willd. ex Spreng.) Munz
Oenothera pubescens, known commonly as the South American evening-primrose, is a plant in the evening primrose family native to the Southwestern U.S. (southeastern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas.) and Mexico; Meso- (Guatemala) and Western South America (Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru). It is used locally in folk medicine.