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Onagraceae

Called “willowherb family” in GBIF

The Onagraceae are a family of flowering plants known as the willowherb family or evening primrose family. They include about 650 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees in 17 genera. The family is widespread, occurring on every continent from boreal to tropical regions.

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1,158
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
65
genera in GBIF
Source: GBIF
4
plants on Plant News
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Plants in this family

4 plants

Genera in this family

Also here, with one plant each: Chamaenerion (Fireweed), Circaea (Enchanter's nightshade).

Research on Onagraceae

14 articles
iNaturalist → · observation

Fireweed spotted thriving on remote Alaskan island

Fireweed is one of the first plants to recolonize burned or disturbed ground, so spotting it on a...

iNaturalist → · observation

Fireweed sightings are surging on nature-tracking apps right now

If you spot tall spikes of pink-purple flowers along a recently disturbed trail, roadside, or old...

iNaturalist → · observation

Fireweed sightings are spiking on nature apps this week

The tall pink spikes popping up along trails, roadsides, and recently burned or disturbed ground ...

iNaturalist → · observation

Fireweed sightings are spiking on nature-tracking apps right now

If you've hiked through a recently burned or logged area this summer, the tall spikes of magenta ...

iNaturalist → · observation

Fireweed sightings are surging across the country right now

If you've hiked a burned-over hillside or a recent clear-cut this summer, that tall spike of pink...

What science is finding about Onagraceae

Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this family, newest first.

Rare coastal wildflower spotted and verified in Northern California

If you hike Northern California's foggy coastal bluffs, you might be walking past a globally rare flower that most people...

Wolf's Evening Primrose native-plants / citizen-science

Forest flowers are still genetically scarred by centuries-old habitat changes

The understory wildflowers carpeting your local woodland edge may already be genetically weakened by logging or clearing that...

Enchanter's nightshade native-plants / climate-adaptation

Fireweed spotted thriving on remote Alaskan island

Fireweed is one of the first plants to recolonize burned or disturbed ground, so spotting it on a remote Aleutian island tells...

Fireweed native-plants / phenology

Fireweed sightings are surging on nature-tracking apps right now

If you spot tall spikes of pink-purple flowers along a recently disturbed trail, roadside, or old burn site this week, there's...

Fireweed phenology / native-plants

Fireweed sightings are spiking on nature apps this week

The tall pink spikes popping up along trails, roadsides, and recently burned or disturbed ground right now are fireweed, one...

Fireweed native-plants / phenology

Fireweed sightings are spiking on nature-tracking apps right now

If you've hiked through a recently burned or logged area this summer, the tall spikes of magenta flowers you noticed were...

Fireweed native-plants / phenology

Fireweed sightings are surging across the country right now

If you've hiked a burned-over hillside or a recent clear-cut this summer, that tall spike of pink-purple flowers taking over...

Fireweed phenology / native-plants

Fireweed sightings are spiking on nature-tracking apps this week

If you spot tall spikes of magenta flowers along a trail or in a recently cleared area right now, you're likely looking at...

Fireweed phenology / native-plants

Fireweed's pink blooms are lighting up nature apps right now

If you spot a tall spike of magenta flowers blooming from the bottom up along a trail, roadside, or old burn scar this month,...

Fireweed native-plants / phenology

Evening-primrose spotted in Ashfield draws sphinx moths and native bees

Common evening-primrose growing along roadsides and disturbed ground near you is a powerful pollinator resource - its flowers...

Common evening-primrose citizen-science / native-plants

Fireweed spotted in San Francisco, a wildfire colonizer reaching urban soil

Fireweed is one of the fastest colonizers of disturbed ground you'll ever see, and spotting it in an urban county like San...

Fireweed native-plants / urban-ecology

fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium) observed in Glace Bay, NS B1A 3L8, Canada

Fireweed is one of the first plants to colonize disturbed ground — if you're restoring a bare patch or a post-construction...

Fireweed native-plants / citizen-science

fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium) observed in Denali Park, AK, USA

Fireweed is one of the first plants to reclaim burned or disturbed ground in Alaska's national parks, so spotting it in Denali...

Fireweed citizen-science / native-plants