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Oenothera hispida

Family
Onagraceae (Evening-primrose family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. Texas to Mexico
Climate
subtropical

About

Oenothera hispida (known as Gaura drummondii prior to 2007) is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common names Drummond's beeblossom and scented gaura. It is native to Mexico, and its range extends into Texas. It can be found in parts of the southern and southwestern United States where it is an introduced species and is a minor weed in some areas. This is a mat-forming perennial herb growing from rhizomes. Stems reach 10 or 12 centimeters in height can be plentiful and tightly clumped. Leaves are about one to nine centimeters long and linear to slightly oval-shaped. The stems and foliage are covered in hairs. The plant produces small spike inflorescences with centimeter-long sepals and smaller spoon-shaped petals which are white, fading to pink.

Other Oenothera plants

Whitest evening primrose · California Evening Primrose · Evening Primrose · Common evening primrose · Tufted Evening Primrose · Woolly Beeblossom · Cleland's evening primrose · Crownleaf evening primrose · Velvetweed · Antioch Dunes evening primrose · Birdcage evening primrose · Oenothera dodgeniana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oenothera hispida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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