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Jepson eFlora: Taxon page
Key to families | Table of families and genera |
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Index to accepted names and synonyms: | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | |
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Family: Onagraceae | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Genus: Oenothera | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Species: | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Higher Taxonomy
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Oenothera sinuosa W.L. Wagner & Hoch NATURALIZED Habit: Perennial herb, forming large mats, rhizomed; hairs generally sparse or 0. Stem: 20--60 cm, branched, sparsely minutely strigose and with long, spreading hairs. Leaf: 10--110 mm, linear to narrow-oblanceolate, slightly wavy-dentate. Inflorescence: bracts 1--5 mm. Flower: hypanthium 2.5--5 mm; sepals 7--14 mm; petals 7--14.5 mm. Fruit: erect, 4--16 mm, +- linear, narrowly 4-winged; stalk-like base 2--8 mm, slender, tapered. Seed: 1--4, 2--3 mm. Chromosomes: 2n=28. Ecology: Light sandy loam of cultivation fields; Elevation: < 1000 m. Bioregional Distribution: GV, CW, SW, DMoj; Distribution Outside California: native to Oklahoma, Texas; widely naturalized, especially southeastern United States. Flowering Time: Jun--Sep Note: Limited by self-sterility. Synonyms: Gaura sinuata Nutt. ex Ser.; Gaura villosa Torr. var. villosa, misappl.; Gaura villosa var. mckelveyae Munz, misappl.; eFlora Treatment Author: Warren L. Wagner Reference: Wagner et al. 2007 Syst Bot Monogr 83:1--240 Unabridged Reference: Raven & Gregory 1972 Mem Torrey Bot Club 23:1--96; Dietrich & Wagner 1988 Syst Bot Monogr 24:1--91; Wagner 2005 Syst Bot 30(2):332--355 Jepson Online Interchange Noxious Weed Previous taxon: Oenothera rosea Next taxon: Oenothera speciosa | ![]() |
Citation for this treatment: Warren L. Wagner 2017, Oenothera sinuosa, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, Revision 5, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=89230, accessed on April 26, 2018. Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2018, Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 26, 2018.
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