Oenothera albicaulis
Species of flowering plant
| 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[1] | |
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
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "Name - !Oenothera albicaulis Pursh". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ a b Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1915). "Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians". SI-BAE Annual Report (30): 87.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Oenothera albicaulis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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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