Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Lindheimer's Beeblossom - Oenothera lindheimeri   (Engelmann & A. Gray) W.L. Wagner & Hoch
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Section 6 » Family Onagraceae
Author(Engelmann & A. Gray) W.L. Wagner & Hoch
DistributionFirst discovered in NC by Becky Dill in Anson County in June of 2022. Plants grew in a large stand of planted Panicum virgatum var. virgatum (not native to this site) at the Pee Dee NWR.

Native in western LA and TX; introduced eastward.
AbundanceLocally common at the single site.
HabitatNon-natural stand of tall grass.
PhenologyFlowers in late May to early June.
IdentificationSpecimen at NCU was verified and annotated by John Kees.
Taxonomic CommentsOften considered as Gaura lindheimeri.

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B.A. SorrieRoadside prairie remnant, Calcasieu Parish, LA, April 1998. Photo_non_NCPhoto_non_NC
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