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| Scientific Name | Oenothera albicaulis | USDA PLANTS Symbol |
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| Common Name | Whitest Evening Primrose, Prairie Evening Primrose | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. |
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| Family | Onagraceae (Evening Primrose) | SEINet Reference |
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Habitat: Dry, sandy soils in open flats and slopes. Plant: Annual usually branching from base, with erect central stem 2 to 12 inches tall and spreading, decumbent lateral stems up to 20 inches long. Leaves: Basal rosette leaves often fall off prior to flowering, spatulate, oblanceolate, or ovate, 2 to 4 inches long and up to 1 inch wide, with a smooth or toothed margin; stem leaves alternate, lanceolate to oblanceolate in outline, usually pinnatifid into narrow lobes, and smaller than basal leaves. Inflorescence: Solitary white, showy flowers up to 3-1/4 inches wide opening near sunset, mature blossoms nodding; pedicels up to 1-5/8 inches long arising from leaf axils; floral tube 3/8 to 1-5/8 inches long; 4 sepals per flower, 3/8 to 1-1/4 inches long; 4 white petals fading to pink. Bloom Period: April to June. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason and SEINet. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Oenothera boquillensis (Gaura boquillensis) | USDA PLANTS Symbol |
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| Common Name | Rio Grande Beeblossom, Boquillas Lizardtail | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. |
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| Family | Onagraceae (Evening Primrose) | SEINet Reference |
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Habitat: Sandy areas along canyon walls and slopes, and in gravelly arroyos; near the Rio Grande. 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: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Rare Plants of Texas" by Poole, Carr, Price and Singhurst and Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Oenothera kunthiana | USDA PLANTS Symbol |
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| Common Name | Kunth's Evening Primrose | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. |
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| Family | Onagraceae (Evening Primrose) | SEINet Reference |
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Habitat: Gravel bars, sandy flats, washes, drainages, roadsides open grassy and brushy areas Plant: Erect annual branching from base, nearly smooth stems up to 16 inches tall. Leaves: Alternate stem leaves, lanceolate to oblanceolate in outline, margins pinnatifid, sinuate or entire, up to 3-3/4 inches long and 1 inch wide on petioles up to 3/4-inch long. Inflorescence: Solitary white flowers about 1-1/2 inches across inches wide opening near sunset; floral tube 3/8 to 3/4- inch long; sepals 1/4 to 3/4 inches long; 4 white petals fading to pink. Bloom Period: February to May. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason and www.americansouthwest.net. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Oenothera lindheimeri (Gaura lindheimeri) | USDA PLANTS Symbol |
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| Common Name | Lindheimer's Beeblossom, White Gaura | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. |
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| Family | Onagraceae (Evening Primrose) | SEINet Reference |
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Habitat: Black clay or sandy soils in prairies, forest edges and moist ares around ponds and seeps; widely cultivated. Plant: Erect to spreading perennial 20-60 inches tall, upper portion much branched; colony-forming. Leaves: Narrow, elliptic, hairy leaves 1/2 to 3-1/2 inches long, serrate margins. Inflorescence: White-to-light pink flowers 1/2 to 1-14 inches long in a spike, 4 petals about 1/2-inch long around the top half of the blossom, and 8 long, fine stamens with yellow anthers and long central stigma; pink sepals below. Bloom Period: April to November. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilvsgi. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Oenothera patriciae (Gaura brachycarpa) | USDA PLANTS Symbol |
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| Common Name | Plains Beeblossom | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. |
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| Family | Onagraceae (Evening Primrose) | Wildflower Center Ref. | Click Here |
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Habitat: Sandy, open areas. Plant: Erect, weak, delicate single-stemmed annual, may reach 26 inches tall, generally much shorter; hairy stems. Leaves: Lanceolate to oblanceolate, hairy leaves up to 2-3/4 inches long, slightly toothed. Inflorescence: A few pink rose red or white flowers in a spike, buds and backs of sepals pubescent; 4 petals about 1/2-inch long around the top half of the blossom, and 8 long stamens with dark anthers and long central stigma; greenish to pinkish sepals below. Bloom Period: February to June. References: Gaura brachycarpa in"Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas. |
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Texas Status: Native |
| Scientific Name | Oenothera suffulta (Gaura suffulta) | USDA PLANTS Symbol |
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| Common Name | Kisses, Wild Honeysuckle | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. |
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| Family | Onagraceae (Evening Primrose) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description |
Habitat: Sandy, open areas. Plant: Erect, annual or biennial, mutiple stems, usually branched 1 to 3 ft. tall. Leaves: Basal and alternate along the stems; blades oblanceolate (basal) to linear (upper stem leaves), 3/8 to 6 inches long and up to 1 inch wide, tapering at the base into a winged petiole; margins smooth to sinuate-dentate. Inflorescence: Raceme of closely spaced flowers, several opening each day; buds and backs of sepals smooth; blossoms about 3/4-inch across with 4 white to pink petals, becoming darker with age, about 3/8 to 5/8-inch long around the top half of the blossom; 4 somewhat longer reflexed sepals; 8 stamens with white filaments and dark red anthers; long central greenish-yellow stigma. Bloom Period: April to June. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas and SEINet. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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