Oenothera pumila Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 493. 1762, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in America septentrionali." RCN: 2661.

Replaced synonym: Oenothera perennis L. (1759) .

Lectotype (Straley in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64: 415. 1978 [1977]): [icon] " Oenothera, foliis radicalibus ovatis caulinis lanceolatis obtusis, capsulis ovatis sulcatis" in Miller, Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 2: 125, t. 188. 1757.

Current name: Oenothera perennis L. ( Onagraceae).

Note: An illegitimate replacement name for O. perennis L. (1759) .