Oenothera albicaulis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Onagraceae |
Genus: | Oenothera |
Species: | O. albicaulis |
Binomial name | |
Oenothera albicaulis Pursh |
Oenothera albicaulis is a New World plant in the evening primrose family. It is known by the common names prairie evening-primrose,white-stem evening-primrose,whitish evening primrose, or whitest evening primrose.
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).
The Zuni people rub the chewed blossoms on the bodies of young girls so that they can dance well and ensure rain.