Oenothera albicaulis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Onagraceae |
Genus: | Oenothera |
Species: | O. albicaulis
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Binomial name | |
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 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]
The Zuni people rub the chewed blossoms on the bodies of young girls so that they can dance well and ensure rain. [3]