Oenothera boquillensis
(Rio Grande Beeblossom)
Oenothera boquillensis, Ernst Tinaja, Big Bend National Park 3136
Oenothera boquillensis, Ernst Tinaja, Big Bend National Park 3119
Oenothera boquillensis, Ernst Tinaja, Big Bend National Park 3147
Oenothera boquillensis, Ernst Tinaja, Big Bend National Park 3145
| Scientific Name | Oenothera boquillensis (Gaura boquillensis) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | OEBO |
| Common Name | Rio Grande Beeblossom, Boquillas Lizardtail | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 836005 |
| Family | Onagraceae (Evening Primrose) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Sandy areas along canyon walls and slopes, and in gravelly arroyos; near the Rio Grande in southern Brewster Co. and southward to Chihuahua, Coahuila, and western Nuevo Leon. Plant: Erect, clumped, multi-stemmed perennial, 10 to 40 inches tall. Leaves: Basal narrowly oblanceolate, upper narrowly elliptic to lanceolate or linear; 1/4 to 2-1/2 inches long and wavy, toothed edges. Inflorescence: Flowers in a congested, unbranched spike, 4 white-to-light pink (often fading to purplish) petals around the top half of the blossom, and 8 long stamens with pink anthers and long central stigma; green sepals below. Bloom Period: March to August. References: Gaura boquillensis in "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and "Rare Plants of Texas" by Poole, Carr, Price and Singhurst; Oenothera boquillensis in Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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