Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Oenothera hispida (Benth.) W.L.Wagner & al. |
Bibliography | PhytoKeys 50: 26 (2015) |
Native Range | e. Texas to Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 60-1900m |
Description | strigose or lanate, stems ramose, leaves 1-8cm, narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, subentire, flowers 4-merous, sepals 1cm, petals elliptic, 6-10mm, emarginate |
Size | 20-45cm |
Color | yellow, fading red |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gaura crispa (Spach) D.Dietr. Gaura drummondii (Spach) Torr. & A.Gray Gaura hispida Benth. Gaura roemeriana Scheele Oenothera xenogaura W.L.Wagner & Hoch Schizocarya crispa Spach Schizocarya drummondii Spach |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest) |