Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Oenothera albicaulis Pursh sect. Anogra |
Bibliography | Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 733 (1813) |
Native Range | w. & c. USA to n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 1000-2300m |
Description | shortly appresed hirsute, leaves variable, oblanceolate to oblong, entire to distinctly dentate, 1-6cm, flowers few, sepals linear, petals orbiculate, 2-3cm |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Anogra albicaulis (Nutt. ex Pursh) Britton Anogra bradburiana Rydb. Anogra californica (S.Watson) Small Anogra confusa Rickett Anogra ctenophylla Wooton & Standl. Anogra douglasiana Spach Anogra leptophylla (Nutt.) Rydb. Anogra nuttalliana Spach Anogra pinnatifida Spach Baumannia douglasiana Spach Baumannia nuttalliana Spach Baumannia pinnatifida (Nutt.) Spach Oenothera albicaulis f. acaulis H.Lév. Oenothera albicaulis f. anthoxantha H.Lév. Oenothera albicaulis f. californica (S.Watson) Regel Oenothera albicaulis subvar. coquibensis H.Lév. Oenothera albicaulis f. decumbens H.Lév. Oenothera albicaulis f. dentata H.Lév. Oenothera albicaulis f. erosa H.Lév. Oenothera albicaulis var. melanosperma H.Lév. Oenothera albicaulis f. mucronata H.Lév. Oenothera albicaulis var. nuttallii Engelm. Oenothera albicaulis f. pinnatifida H.Lév. Oenothera albicailis f. sinuata H.Lév. Oenothera albicaulis var. tigrina H.Lév. Oentohera albicaulis var. xanthosperma H.Lév. Oenothera bradburiana Nutt. Oenothera californica (S.Watson) S.Watson Oenothera californica var. glabrata Munz Oenothera californica var. typica Munz Oenothera ctenophylla (Wooton & Standl.) Tidestr. Oenothera leptophylla Nutt. Oenothera nuttallii Sweet Oenothera pallida var. californica (S.Watson) Jeps. Oenothera pallida var. leptophylla Torr. & A.Gray Oenothera pinnatifida Nutt. Oenothera pinnatifida var. integrifolia A.Gray Oenothera purshii G.Don |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |