ags logo
Alpine Garden Society Plant Encyclopaedia
Plant search (Family/Genus/Species etc.)
Previous species: O. humifusa
Next species: O. laciniata

Oenothera kunthiana

Description No Images

Authors: Spach   Munz  

Botanical Description

from a slender taproot with ascending stems 30-60cm long. Basal leaves oblanceolate, pubescent, 3-10cm long, pinnatifid. Flowers to 1.5cm across, white to pink, in leafy racemes, summer. Texas to Central Mexico, on hillsides, plains and arroyos in semi-desert regions.