Oenothera cinerea subsp. parksii

(Munz) W. L. Wagner & Hoch

Syst. Bot. Monogr. 83: 211. 2007.

Basionym: Gaura villosa var. parksii Munz Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 65: 215. 1938
Synonyms: G. villosa subsp. parksii (Munz) P. H. Raven & D. P. Gregory
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Herbs densely soft-villous, hairs mostly appressed, also his­pidulous, branches of inflo­rescences glabrous. Leaves: blade narrowly oblanceolate or oblanceolate to nar­rowly elliptic, margins shallowly sinuate-dentate. Flowers: floral-tube 1.5–4 mm; petals 7–12 mm; style 9–16 mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering (Apr–)May–Aug(–Oct).
Habitat: Flats and hills of red sand local on Rio Grande Plain.
Elevation: 100–200 m.

Discussion

Subspecies parksii is known from a narrow area of south Texas, including Atascosa, Bexar, Dimmit, Frio, Guadalupe, Jim Hogg, Maverick, Medina, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
indehiscent +
rounded +, , +, acute +  and attenuate +
Warren L. Wagner +
(Munz) W. L. Wagner & Hoch +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
pale green +  and yellow usually fading orange purple pale-yellow reddish or whitish +
pedicel-like +
Gaura villosa var. parksii +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
sinuate-dentate +  and denticulate serrate lobed or entire +
oblanceolate +
terete +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br />) +
lanceoloid +  and narrowly ovoid +
constricted +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
100–200 m. +
whitish +  and green +
exfoliating +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4.2 cm42 mm <br />0.042 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and 4-merous +
nodding +  and erect +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
4-angled +, terete +, tapering +, cylindrical +, ellipsoid +, clavate +, ovoid ellipsoid +  and cylindrical rhombic-obovoid or globose +
Flats and hills of red sand local on Rio Grande Plain. +
hispidulous +  and villous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
perennial +
suffrutescent +
soft-villous +
producing rhizomes +  and woody +
nodding +  and erect +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
deciduous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
reduced +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
1 +  and 8 +
fading pink +  and red +
unequal +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Flowering (Apr–)May–Aug(–Oct). +
Syst. Bot. Monogr. +
basal +  and cauline +
2 +  and 1 +
clavate +  and globose +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
yellowish +  and light-brown or rarely reddish-brown +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
2 +  and 4 +
sculptured +  and smooth +
reduced +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
purple +, pink +, red +  and green +
deciduous +
coherent +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
disarticulating +  and sessile +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
not evident +
unequal +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
in 2 unequal series +  and subequal +
2 times as many or as many as sepals +
branched +  and several-branched +
60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br /> (280 cm2,800 mm <br />2.8 m <br />) +
slender +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
intrapetiolar +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
smooth +, reticulate +  and furrowed +
rugose +, papillose +  and non-papillate +
oblanceoloid +  and ovoid +
G. villosa subsp. parksii +
Oenothera cinerea subsp. parksii +
Oenothera cinerea +
subspecies +
3(-5)-aperturate +
woody +  and hard +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +