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Habit Herbs perennial.Stems several–many, decumbent to ascending, moderately branched, (10–)25–40 cm.
Leaves

1–4 × (0.1–)0.3–0.6 cm;

blade margins subentire or serrate, sometimes weakly undulate.

Flowers

buds with free tips 0–2 mm;

sepals often with slightly keeled midribs.

2n

= 14.

Oenothera capillifolia subsp. berlandieri

Phenology Flowering Mar–Sep.
Habitat Grassy prairies, plains, low hills, sandy, gravelly, and limestone soil, relatively dry areas, in vegetation dominated by mesquite, oaks, and Opuntia.
Elevation 0–1200 m. (0–3900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
KS; NM; OK; TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León)
Discussion

Subspecies berlandieri occurs in Meade, Reno, and Seward counties in Kansas, south through eastern New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, and western Oklahoma to Crane, Culberson, and Ward counties in Texas, southeastward to near the Pecos and Rio Grande rivers to the Gulf Coast, becoming widespread on the Coastal Plain north to Milam County in Texas; it also occurs in the Santa Rosa Mountains of northern Coahuila, Mexico.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Oenothera > sect. Calylophus > subsect. Calylophus > Oenothera capillifolia
Sibling taxa
O. capillifolia subsp. capillifolia
Synonyms Calylophus berlandieri, C. drummondianus subsp. berlandieri, Meriolix berlandieri
Name authority (Spach) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: PhytoKeys 28: 71. (2013)
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