Oenothera lindheimeri (Engelm. & A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & Hoch, 2007

Common names

🇬🇧 Lindheimer’s Beeblossom
🇫🇷 Onagre de Lindheimer, Gaura de Lindheimer

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Subfamily: Onagroideae
Tribe: Onagreae
Genus: Oenothera
Species: Oenothera lindheimeri

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

Often planted in flower beds, some cultivars exhibit very good resistance to prolonged drought and cold. The flowers can be white or pink.

Possible confusion with O. gaura W.L.Wagner & Hoch, 2007, which has flowers with shorter petals (6-15 mm) and villous stems, while O. lindheimeri has flowers with longer petals (12-20 mm) and strigose stems.

Named after Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer (1801-1879), a German American botanist.

Photographs

img/oenothera-lindheimeri.webp — *Oenothera lindheimeri*

img/oenothera-lindheimeri-2.webp — *Oenothera lindheimeri*

img/oenothera-lindheimeri-3.webp — *Oenothera lindheimeri*

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 847). Biotope.