Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
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: N end of S Oakwell Farms Pky & 30 m E of new iron bridge--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Level, open, grassy field. Dense colony.
Description: Staggling perennial from rhizomes, ascending to 50 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, fading reddish.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 22, 1990
Specimen number: 381
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0574
Accession Date: Nov 17, 1993
Accession Number: 43
Annotations: SCXRB