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Oenothera demareei

demaree's beeblossom
Habit Herbs usually robust winter-annual, sometimes biennial, densely strigillose throughout; from fleshy taproot.
Stems

usually well-branched distal to base, 50–400 cm.
Leaves

in a basal rosette and cauline, 3–7 × 0.2–0.8 cm;

blade narrowly elliptic to elliptic or lanceolate, margins subentire or shallowly undulate-denticulate.
Flowers

4-merous, zygomorphic, opening at sunrise;

floral tube 4–13(–15) mm;

sepals 13–20 mm;

petals white, fading pink, rhombic-obovate, 10–17 mm;

filaments 8–17 mm, anthers 3–7 mm, pollen 90–100% fertile;

style 18–32 mm, stigma exserted beyond anthers at anthesis.
Capsules

ellipsoid or ovoid, sharply 4-angled, 4.5–7 × 1.5–2.5 mm;

sessile.
Seeds

2–4, yellowish to reddish brown, 1.2–3 × 0.7–1.3 mm.
2n

= 14.

Oenothera demareei
Phenology Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat Open meadows in sandy loam.
Elevation 70–200 m. (200–700 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AR
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Oenothera demareei is known only from Clark, Garland, Hempstead, Howard, Montgomery, Pike, Saline, and Sevier counties.

P. H. Raven and D. P. Gregory (1972[1973]) found Oenothera demareei to be self-incompatible.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 10.
Parent taxa Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Oenothera > sect. Gaura > subsect. Gaura
Sibling taxa
O. acutissima, O. albicaulis, O. argillicola, O. arida, O. arizonica, O. biennis, O. boquillensis, O. brachycarpa, O. calcicola, O. californica, O. canescens, O. capillifolia, O. cavernae, O. cespitosa, O. cinerea, O. clelandii, O. coloradensis, O. cordata, O. coronopifolia, O. coryi, O. curtiflora, O. curtissii, O. deltoides, O. dodgeniana, O. drummondii, O. elata, O. engelmannii, O. falfurriae, O. filiformis, O. filipes, O. flava, O. fruticosa, O. gaura, O. gayleana, O. glaucifolia, O. glazioviana, O. grandiflora, O. grandis, O. harringtonii, O. hartwegii, O. havardii, O. heterophylla, O. hispida, O. howardii, O. humifusa, O. jamesii, O. kunthiana, O. laciniata, O. lavandulifolia, O. lindheimeri, O. linifolia, O. longissima, O. macrocarpa, O. mckelveyae, O. mexicana, O. nealleyi, O. neomexicana, O. nutans, O. nuttallii, O. oakesiana, O. organensis, O. pallida, O. parviflora, O. patriciae, O. perennis, O. pilosella, O. platanorum, O. podocarpa, O. primiveris, O. psammophila, O. pubescens, O. rhombipetala, O. riparia, O. rosea, O. serrulata, O. sessilis, O. simulans, O. sinuosa, O. spachiana, O. speciosa, O. stricta, O. suffrutescens, O. suffulta, O. tetraptera, O. texensis, O. toumeyi, O. triangulata, O. triloba, O. tubicula, O. villosa, O. wolfii, O. xylocarpa
Synonyms Gaura demareei
Name authority (P. H. Raven & D. P. Gregory) W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 212. (2007)
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