Oenothera albicaulis

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Oenothera albicaulis
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Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Oenothera
Species:
O. albicaulis
Binomial name
Oenothera albicaulis

Oenothera albicaulis is a New World plant in the evening primrose family. It is known by the common names prairie evening-primrose, [3] white-stem evening-primrose, [2] whitish evening primrose, [4] or whitest evening primrose. [5]

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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). [2]

Uses

The Zuni people rub the chewed blossoms on the bodies of young girls so that they can dance well and ensure rain. [4]

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2 May 2025). "Oenothera albicaulis". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Oenothera albicaulis was originally described and published in Flora Americae Septentrionalis 2: 733. 1814 [1813] "Oenothera albicaulis". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Name - !Oenothera albicaulis Pursh". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1915). "Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians". SI-BAE Annual Report (30): 87.
  5. ↑ NRCS. "Oenothera albicaulis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 July 2015.


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