Link, J.H.F. (1821), Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Botanici Regii Berolinensis Altera 1: 377 [tax. nov.]

Black, J.M. (1933), Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 31. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 57: 154 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 638, Fig. 863 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 235 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 243 [secondary reference]

• Comment: The identity of the species introduced in South Australia needs confirmation.

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 278, Fig. 269. [secondary reference]

Dietrich, W. (1977), The South American species of Oenothera sect. Oenothera (Raimannia, Renneria; Onagraceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 64(3): 536-538 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 534 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Evening Primrose [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 172 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 133 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Onagraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 225 [secondary reference]

common name: Sweet Scented Evening Primrose [n/a]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Onagraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 433 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Oenothera striata Link orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Oenothera odorata Jacq. legitimate common name: Common Evening Primrose [n/a]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 57 [secondary reference]

Thompson, J. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Onagraceae. Flora of Australia 18: 223 APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Oenothera striata Link orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 727 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Evening Primrose [n/a]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 61 [secondary reference]

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