Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Oenothera kunthiana (Spach) Munz |
Bibliography | Amer. J. Bot. 19: 759 (1932) |
Native Range | Texas to Central America |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | thin taproot, basal leaves oblanceolate, pubescent, 3-10cm long, pinnatisect, flowers 15mm across in leafy raceme |
Size | 30-40cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hartmannia domingensis Urb. & Ekman Hartmannia kunthiana Spach Hartmannia parviflora Spach Oenothera actopanensis F.Dietr. Oenothera coronopifolia A.Gray Oenothera domingensis (Urb. & Ekman) Munz Oenothera fissifolia Steud. Oenothera humboldtii Engelm. Oenothera micrantha Walp. Oenothera pinnatifida Kunth Oenothera purshiana Steud. Oenothera walpersii Donn.Sm. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest, MXT Mexico Southeast) 8 Southern America 80 Central America (COS Costa Rica, GUA Guatemala, NIC Nicaragua) 81 Caribbean (DOM Dominican Republic) |