| South American evening-primrose | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Oenothera |
| Species: | O. pubescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Oenothera pubescens Willd. ex Spreng. | |
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O. laciniata spp. pubescens (Willd. ex Spreng.) Munz | |
Oenothera pubescens, known commonly as the South American evening-primrose, is a plant in the evening primrose family native to the Southwestern U.S. (southeastern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas); Mexico (more than 20 states); Guatemala; and Western South America (Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru). It is used locally in folk medicine.
References
- ^ Species was first described in Systema vegetabilium 2:229. 1825 "Oenothera pubescens". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
External links
- Jepson Manual treatment for Oenothera pubescens
- Malezas-de-Mexico: Oenothera pubescens - pictures and information — (in Spanish)
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| Oenothera pubescens |
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- Oenothera
- Plants described in 1825
- Night-blooming plants
- Medicinal plants
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Texas
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of Guatemala
- Flora of Colombia
- Flora of Ecuador
- Flora of Peru
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert
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