Oenothera albicaulis

Oenothera albicaulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Onagraceae
Genus:	Oenothera
Species:	O. albicaulis
Binomial name
	Oenothera albicaulis; Pursh

Oenothera albicaulis

Oenothera albicaulis is a New World plant in the evening primrose family. It is known by the common names prairie evening-primrose,^[2] white-stem evening-primrose,^[1] whitish evening primrose,^[3] or whitest evening primrose.^[4]

Distribution[]

Oenothera albicaulis is native to North America, in the United States (Arizona; Colorado; Montana; New Mexico; Oklahoma; South Dakota; Texas; and Utah), and in Mexico (in Chihuahua state).^[1]

Uses[]

The Zuni people rub the chewed blossoms on the bodies of young girls so that they can dance well and ensure rain.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Oenothera albicaulis was originally described and published in Flora Americae Septentrionalis 2: 733. 1814 [1813] "Oenothera albicaulis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved April 7, 2013.
^ "Name - !Oenothera albicaulis Pursh". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1915). "Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians". SI-BAE Annual Report (30): 87.
^ "Oenothera albicaulis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

External links[]

Picture of an Oenothera albicaulis flower, from Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness in association with Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

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[grin-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Oenothera albicaulis was originally described and published in Flora Americae Septentrionalis 2: 733. 1814 [1813] "Oenothera albicaulis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved April 7, 2013.

[trop-2] "Name - !Oenothera albicaulis Pursh". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 7, 2013.

[stevenson-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1915). "Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians". SI-BAE Annual Report (30): 87.

[4] "Oenothera albicaulis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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