Oenothera lindheimeri
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Oenothera lindheimeri,[2][3] commonly known as Lindheimer's beeblossom, white gaura, pink gaura, Lindheimer's clockweed, and Indian feather, is a species of Oenothera. Several of its common names derive from the genus Gaura, in which this species was formerly placed.
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Oenothera lindheimeri | |
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Gaura lindheimeri 'Whirling Butterflies' | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Onagraceae |
Genus: | Oenothera |
Species: | O. lindheimeri |
Binomial name | |
Oenothera lindheimeri (Engelm. & A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & Hoch | |
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The perennial plant is native to southern Louisiana and Texas.[4][5] The specific epithet is after Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer, a German-born botanist who collected extensively in Texas for Harvard University professor Asa Gray. It is commonly grown as an ornamental plant.