Appearance
"Oenothera lindheimeri" is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 50–150 cm tall, with densely clustered branched stems growing from an underground rhizome. The leaves are finely hairy, lanceolate, 1–9 cm long and 1–13 mm broad, with a coarsely toothed margin.The flowers are produced on a 10–80 cm long inflorescence; they are pink or white, 2–3 cm diameter, with four petals 10–15 mm long and long hairlike stamens, and are produced from the beginning of spring until the first frost.
Naming
"Gaura": Derived from Greek, meaning ‘superb’. Named in reference to the stature and floral display of some species in this genus."Lindheimeri": Named for Ferdinand Lindheimer, who discovered the plant "Lindheimera texana".
Distribution
The perennial plant is native to southern Louisiana and Texas.References:
Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.
