Native Plants
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Oenothera speciosa
Oenothera speciosa Nutt.
Pink Evening Primrose, Showy Evening Primrose, Mexican Evening Primrose, Showy Primrose, Pink Ladies, Buttercups, Pink Buttercups
Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)
USDA Symbol: OESP2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Oenothera speciosa
Showy Evening-Primrose, Mexican Evening-Primrose
Onagraceae
Location: S edge of Loop 410, just W of Harry Wurzbach Rd.--San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: On steep slope (south facing embankment) among Lupinus and Poaceae.
Description: Straggling perennial from rhizomes, ascending to 52 cm tall. Leaves sinuate, pinnatified, oblong-lanceolate, to 2.5 x 9 cm. Petiole to 3 cm. Infloresence sharply nodding. Corolla 4-petaled, to 4 cm long, white to rose.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 10, 1990
Specimen number: 361
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0568
Accession Date: Nov 17, 1993
Accession Number: 43
Annotations: SCXRB