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Oenothera albicaulis

Oenothera albicaulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Oenothera
Species: O. albicaulis
Binomial name
Oenothera albicaulis
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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.



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