Oenothera speciosa




Family Onagraceae
Subfamily Onagroideae
Tribe Onagreae
Scientific name Oenothera speciosa Nuttall
Synonyms Hartmannia speciosa (Nuttall) Small; Oenothera delessertiana Steudel; Oenothera speciosa Nuttall var. childsii (L. H. Bailey) Munz; Oenothera speciosa Nuttall var. typica Munz; Oenothera tetraptera Cavanilles var. childsii L. H. Bailey; Xylopleurum nuttallii Spach; Xylopleurum speciosum (Nuttall) Raimann
Common name (Japanese common name) hiru-zaki tuki-mi-sou (ヒルザキツキミソウ, 昼咲月見草 [meaning: day flowering moon watch weed])
(English common name) pinkladies, white evening primrose
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] USA, Mexico
Habitat Field, roadside
Chromosomal number 2n=14, 28, 42
Description Plants electing 4-130cm tall. Leaves 2.5-9cm long, 0.3-3.2cm wide. Flowers white or pale purple, flowering in May to September. Pelennial plants.
Reference Oenothera speciosa Nutt.
Oenothera speciosa Nutt.
Oenothera speciosa Nutt.
Fluorescence microscopy of plastid nucleoids and a survey of nuclease C in higher plants with respect to mode of plastid inheritance
Note Naturalized plants.



May 2009
at roadside
May 2009
at roadside
May 2009
at roadside



May 2009
at roadside