Oenothera patriciae |
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plains beeblossom |
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Habit | Herbs annual, villous proximally, sparsely villous along leaf veins and on margins, usually glabrate or, sometimes, strigillose distally; from taproot. |
Stems | usually well-branched from base and distally, rarely unbranched, 15–65(–85) cm. |
Leaves | in a basal rosette and cauline, basal 6–9.5 × 1–2 cm, blade lyrate; cauline 1–7 × 0.1–2.3 cm, blade narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate, margins shallowly sinuate-denticulate to subentire. |
Flowers | (3- or)4-merous, zygomorphic, opening at sunset; floral tube 6–12 mm; sepals 10–15 mm; petals white, fading pink to purple, elliptic-obovate, 8–13 mm; filaments 5–8 mm, anthers 2–4 mm, pollen 90–100% fertile; style 15–24 mm, stigma exserted beyond anthers at anthesis. |
Capsules | ellipsoid, narrowly (3- or)4-winged, deeply furrowed between wings, 6–10 × 2–3 mm, with or without prominent lower corners, narrowed to a stipe 0–1 mm; sessile. |
Seeds | 3 or 4, yellowish to reddish brown, 2–3 × 1–1.5 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
Oenothera patriciae |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–Jun. |
Habitat | Open, sandy sites. |
Elevation | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) |
Distribution |
LA; MS; OK; TX |
Discussion | Oenothera patriciae is known from Acadia Parish, Louisiana, Amite County, Mississippi, Bryan and Love counties, Oklahoma, and eastern Texas. Reports of Oenothera patriciae near Tulsa, Oklahoma, and at the single locations in Arkansas and Mississippi may represent introductions. P. H. Raven and D. P. Gregory (1972[1973]) determined O. patriciae to be self-compatible, but primarily outcrossing. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. |
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Synonyms | Gaura brachycarpa, G. hexandra var. coryi, G. tripetala var. coryi |
Name authority | W. L. Wagner & Hoch: Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 213. (2007) |
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