Oenothera albicaulis

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]

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
Oenothera albicaulis

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]

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References
  1. Oenothera albicaulis was originally described and published in Flora Americae Septentrionalis 2: 733. 1814 [1813] "Oenothera albicaulis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  2. "Name - !Oenothera albicaulis Pursh". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  3. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1915). "Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians". SI-BAE Annual Report (30): 87.
  4. "Oenothera albicaulis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 21 July 2015.


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