Texas Wildbuds

Oenothera drummondii

(Beach Evening Primrose)

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Oenothera drummondii, Mustang Island State Park, Nueces Co. 6889

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Oenothera drummondii, Mustang Island State Park, Nueces Co. 6885

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Oenothera drummondii, Mustang Island State Park, Nueces Co. 6669

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Oenothera drummondii, Mustang Island State Park, Nueces Co. 6900

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Oenothera drummondii, Mustang Island State Park, Nueces Co. 6664

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Oenothera drummondii, Mustang Island State Park, Nueces Co. 6896

Scientific Name Oenothera drummondii USDA PLANTS Symbol OEDR
Common Name Beach Evening Primrose ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 27394
Family Onagraceae (Evening Primrose) SEINet
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Description Habitat: Sandy dunes and beaches along the Gulf Coast.
Plant: Spreading perennial with woody base and decumbent, branching stems up to 40 inches long; non-flowering lateral branches often with terminal rosette of crowded, small leaves.
Leaves: Oblanceolate to obovate-shaped with entire to sinuate-dentate (larger basal ones, especially) margins; 3/8 to 2-3/4 inches long and less than 1/4 to 5/8-inch wide; densely covered with short white hairs.
Inflorescence: Flowers 1-1/2 to 3 inches wide arising from leaf axils; hypanthium (resembling a stem) 1 to 2 inches long, 4 yellow petals becoming orange-red in age; just one or a few opening near sunset.
Bloom Period: March to November.
References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason and Flora of North America. 		BONAP Distribution Map


Map Color Key		 Texas Status:
Native
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