Oenothera caespitosa ssp. navajoensis (Navajo Evening Primrose)

Family

ONAGRACEAE

Scientific Name with Author

Oenothera caespitosa ssp. navajoensis W.L. Wagner, Stockhouse & Klein

Synonyms

OENOTHERA CAESPITOSA VAR. NAVAJOENSIS; OENOTHERA CESPITOSA SSP. NAVAJOENSIS

Common Name

Navajo Evening Primrose

Agency Status
USFWS	State of NM	USFS	BLM	Navajo Nation	State Rank	Global Rank	R-E-D Code	NMRPTC Status	Strategy Status
					S3?	G5T4?

Description

Perennial herbs, simple or branched; herbage typically puberulent to villous, glandular or glabrous, typically basal rosette; fragrant flowers, solitary, opening in evening. The variety is pubescent mainly along leaf margins and on the flowers.

Habitat

Sagebrush communities at 1125-2380 meters. Endemic to the Colorado River Plateau. Occurs in western Colorado into eastern Utah, south to northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. In New Mexico, San Juan County and a disjunct population in Sandoval County.

Remarks

Relatively rare within its distribution

Important Literature

Wagner, W.L., R.E. Stockhouse, W.M. Klein. The Systematics and Evolution of Oenothera caespitosa Species Complex (Onagraceae). Miss. Bot. vol. 12. 1985.

Information Compiled By

Mike Eisenfeld 1998

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