Oenothera
E319716
Oenothera is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as evening primroses, noted for their often night-blooming, yellow flowers and use in ornamental gardening and herbal remedies.
All labels observed (15)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oenothera biennis | 4 |
| Oenothera canonical | 3 |
| Oenothera caespitosa | 1 |
| Oenothera elata | 1 |
| Oenothera fruticosa | 1 |
| Oenothera glazioviana | 1 |
| Oenothera laciniata | 1 |
| Oenothera lindheimeri | 1 |
| Oenothera macrocarpa | 1 |
| Oenothera missouriensis | 1 |
| Oenothera parviflora | 1 |
| Oenothera perennis | 1 |
| Oenothera rosea | 1 |
| Oenothera speciosa | 1 |
| genus Oenothera | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3018998 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oenothera Context triple: [Myrtales, includesGenus, Oenothera]
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A.
Stellaria
Stellaria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as chickweeds, characterized by small, star-shaped white flowers and a widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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B.
Helianthus
Helianthus is a genus of flowering plants best known for the common sunflower and its large, bright yellow flower heads that track the sun.
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C.
Agrostemma
Agrostemma is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as corncockles, characterized by showy, often pink to purple blooms typically found in grain fields and meadows.
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D.
Swainsona
Swainsona is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, best known for including Sturt's Desert Pea, an iconic wildflower of arid Australia.
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E.
Silene
Silene is a large genus of flowering plants, commonly known as campions or catchflies, found mainly in temperate regions and noted for their showy, often pink or white, five-petaled flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oenothera Target entity description: Oenothera is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as evening primroses, noted for their often night-blooming, yellow flowers and use in ornamental gardening and herbal remedies.
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A.
Stellaria
Stellaria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as chickweeds, characterized by small, star-shaped white flowers and a widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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B.
Helianthus
Helianthus is a genus of flowering plants best known for the common sunflower and its large, bright yellow flower heads that track the sun.
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C.
Agrostemma
Agrostemma is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as corncockles, characterized by showy, often pink to purple blooms typically found in grain fields and meadows.
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D.
Swainsona
Swainsona is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, best known for including Sturt's Desert Pea, an iconic wildflower of arid Australia.
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E.
Silene
Silene is a large genus of flowering plants, commonly known as campions or catchflies, found mainly in temperate regions and noted for their showy, often pink or white, five-petaled flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
angiosperms
ⓘ
eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ
surface form:
rosids
|
| commonName | evening primroses ⓘ |
| containsCompound | gamma-linolenic acid ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| family | Onagraceae ⓘ |
| growthForm |
annual plant
ⓘ
biennial plant ⓘ herbaceous plant ⓘ perennial plant ⓘ |
| habitat |
disturbed soils
ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ roadsides ⓘ |
| hasFlowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| hasFruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Oenothera
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera biennis
Oenothera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera caespitosa
Oenothera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera elata
Oenothera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera fruticosa
Oenothera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera glazioviana
Oenothera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera laciniata
Oenothera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera lindheimeri
Oenothera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera macrocarpa
Oenothera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera missouriensis
Oenothera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera parviflora
Oenothera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera perennis
Oenothera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera rosea
Oenothera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera speciosa
|
| hasTypeSpecies |
Oenothera
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Oenothera biennis
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Americas
ⓘ
North America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy |
bees
ⓘ
hawkmoths ⓘ moths ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalBloomTime |
evening
ⓘ
night ⓘ |
| usedFor |
herbal remedies
ⓘ
ornamental gardening ⓘ |
| usedToProduce | evening primrose oil ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Oenothera Description of subject: Oenothera is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as evening primroses, noted for their often night-blooming, yellow flowers and use in ornamental gardening and herbal remedies.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Myrtales
subject surface form:
Myrtales
this entity surface form:
Oenothera biennis
this entity surface form:
genus Oenothera
this entity surface form:
Oenothera biennis
this entity surface form:
Oenothera biennis
this entity surface form:
Oenothera biennis
this entity surface form:
Oenothera speciosa
this entity surface form:
Oenothera fruticosa
this entity surface form:
Oenothera macrocarpa
this entity surface form:
Oenothera laciniata
this entity surface form:
Oenothera glazioviana
this entity surface form:
Oenothera parviflora
this entity surface form:
Oenothera elata
this entity surface form:
Oenothera rosea
this entity surface form:
Oenothera lindheimeri
this entity surface form:
Oenothera missouriensis
this entity surface form:
Oenothera perennis
this entity surface form:
Oenothera caespitosa