familyOnagraceae
subfamilyOnagraceae subfam. Onagroideae
tribeOnagraceae tribe Onagreae
genusOenothera
sectionOenothera sect. Oenothera
subsectionOenothera subsect. Oenothera
speciesOenothera elata
subspeciesOenothera elata subsp. hirsutissima

Oenothera elata subsp. hirsutissima

(A. Gray ex S. Watson) W. Dietrich

Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 70: 195. 1983.

Warren L. Wagner
Basionym: Oenothera biennis var. hirsutissima A. Gray ex S. Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 579, 603. 1873
Synonyms: O. elata var. hirsutissima (A. Gray ex S. Watson) Cronquist O. elata subsp. texensis W. Dietrich & W. L. Wagner O. grisea (Bartlett) Rostański O. hewettii (Cockerell) Cockerell ex A. W. Hill O. hirsutissima (A. Gray ex S. Watson) de Vries O. hookeri subsp. angustifolia (R. R. Gates) Munz O. hookeri var. angustifolia R. R. Gates O. hookeri subsp. grisea (Bartlett) Munz O. hookeri var. grisea (Bartlett) Munz O. hookeri subsp. hewettii Cockerell O. hookeri var. hewettii (Cockerell) R. R. Gates O. hookeri subsp. hirsutissima (A. Gray ex S. Watson) Munz O. hookeri var. hirsutissima (A. Gray ex S. Watson) Munz O. hookeri var. irrigua (Wooton & Standley) R. R. Gates O. hookeri subsp. ornata (A. Nelson) Munz O. hookeri var. ornata (A. Nelson) Munz O. hookeri var. semiglabra R. R. Gates O. hookeri var. simsiana (Seringe) R. R. Gates O. hookeri subsp. venusta (Bartlett) Munz O. hookeri var. venusta (Bartlett) Munz O. irrigua Wooton & Standley O. jepsonii Greene O. macbrideae (A. Nelson) R. R. Gates O. ornata (A. Nelson) R. R. Gates O. simsiana Seringe O. venusta Bartlett O. venusta var. grisea Bartlett Onagra macbrideae A. Nelson O. ornata A. Nelson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Herbs strigillose, usually also villous, with appressed or spreading hairs, sometimes these with red-pustulate bases, distally sometimes also glandular puberulent. Flowers: buds green to yellowish green, red-striped, or sometimes red throughout, with free tips 2–7 mm; petals 30–47 (–55) mm; anthers 8–15 (–22) mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering (Apr–)Jul–Sep(–Oct).
Habitat: Montane sites along streams, mesic meadows, roadsides, near permanent or seasonally wet sites, ditch banks, riverbanks, flood plains, fallow agricultural land.
Elevation: 10–3000 m.

Distribution

Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Kans., Nev., N.Mex., Okla., Oreg., Tex., Utah, Wash., Mexico (n Baja California), Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (Sinaloa), Mexico (Sonora)

Discussion

Subspecies hirsutissima occurs throughout much of the western United States, but with only scattered populations in Oklahoma (Custer, Logan, and McCurtain counties) and in eastern Texas (Anderson, Brazos, and Leon counties) and western Texas (Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, and Presidio counties).

Onagra spectabilis Spach is an illegitimate name as is Oenothera corymbosa Sims 1818, not Lamarck 1798, and both pertain here.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
14 +
4-locular septum architecture
incomplete +
4-locular septum architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Androecium position
epigynous +
Anther atypical some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
Anther fixation
versatile +
Anther some measurement
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Author
Warren L. Wagner +
Authority
(A. Gray ex S. Watson) W. Dietrich +
Basal leaf arrangement
alternate +
Basal leaf position
cauline +
Basal leaf presence
absent +
Basal stem atypical width
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Basal stem length
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (43 cm430 mm <br />0.43 m <br />) +
Basal stem width
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Base coloration
pale green +  and yellow usually fading orange purple pale-yellow reddish or whitish +
Base relief
red-pustulate +
Base shape
pedicel-like +
Basionyms
Oenothera biennis var. hirsutissima +
Berry architecture or shape
nutlike +
Berry dehiscence
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Blade coloration
red +, green +  and grayish green +
Blade margin architecture or shape
serrate +
Blade margin shape
subentire +, dentate +, lobed to sinuate-dentate +  and lobed +
Blade shape
oblanceolate +  and narrowly elliptic or narrowly lanceolate +
Bract duration
persistent +
Branch orientation
arising +
Branch some measurement
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (250 cm2,500 mm <br />2.5 m <br />) +
Bud coloration
red +, red-striped +, green +  and yellowish green +
Bud diameter
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Bud orientation
erect +
Bud shape
quadrangular +
Bud some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Capsule architecture
sessile +
Capsule architecture or shape
nutlike +
Capsule architecture or structure in adjective form
4-locular +
Capsule coloration
gray-green +, green +  and dull +
Capsule condition or texture
dry +
Capsule course
curved +  and straight +
Capsule course or shape
sigmoid +
Capsule dehiscence
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
Capsule diameter
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Capsule length
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
Capsule orientation
spreading +  and erect +
Capsule shape
lanceoloid +
Capsule texture
woody +
Capsule width
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Carpel quantity
Many (?) +
Cauline stem atypical width
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Cauline stem length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Cauline stem width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Cel reproduction
vegetative +
Distribution
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Kans. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, Oreg. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Wash. +, Mexico (n Baja California) +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Durango) +, Mexico (Sinaloa) +  and Mexico (Sonora) +
Elevation
10–3000 m. +
Embryo-sac coating
oily +
Embryo-sac course
straight +
Embryo-sac presence
absent +
Embryo coating
oily +
Embryo course
straight +
Embryo presence
absent +
Endosperm coating
oily +
Endosperm course
straight +
Endosperm presence
absent +
Epidermis coloration
whitish +  and green +
Epidermis relief
exfoliating +
Filament architecture
dithecal +
Filament fixation
basifixed +  and versatile +
Filament fusion
distinct +
Filament some measurement
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Floral-tube atypical some measurement
4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Floral-tube course
straight +
Floral-tube duration
deciduous +
Floral-tube presence
absent +
Floral-tube pubescence
hispid +, lanate +  and glabrous +
Floral-tube quantity
, +
Floral-tube some measurement
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
Flower architecture
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower odor
unscented +
Flower part duration
deciduous +
Flower part life cycle
anthesis +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Fruit architecture
winged +
Fruit course
curved +  and straight +
Fruit dehiscence
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
Fruit shape
4-angled +, terete +, tapering +, cylindrical +, ellipsoid +, clavate +, ovoid ellipsoid +  and cylindrical rhombic-obovoid or globose +
Habitat
Montane sites along streams, mesic meadows, roadsides, near permanent or seasonally wet sites, ditch banks, riverbanks, flood plains, fallow agricultural land. +
Hair height or length or size
short +
Hair orientation
spreading +  and appressed +
Hair position relational
interlocking +
Herb architecture
caulescent +
Herb architecture or function or pubescence
glandular +
Herb duration
perennial +, short-lived +  and biennial +
Herb growth form
suffrutescent +
Herb pubescence
puberulent +, villous +  and strigillose +
Indusium architecture
peltate +
Indusium prominence
conspicuous +
Inflorescence architecture
unbranched +
Inflorescence orientation
erect +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Lateral root orientation
spreading +
Leaf-axil orientation
nodding +  and erect +
Leaf architecture
simple +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf atypical some measurement
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Leaf condition
later +
Leaf duration
deciduous +
Leaf position
cauline +
Leaf presence
absent +
Leaf some measurement
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Lobe arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Lobe quantity
4 (?) +
Locule arrangement or growth form
clustered +
Locule quantity
many +
Margin shape
subentire +, dentate +, undulate +  and flat +
Mouth condition
closing +
Nectary presence
absent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture
pedicellate +  and sessile +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary position
inferior +
Ovule architecture
bitegmic +
Ovule arrangement or growth form
clustered +
Ovule orientation
anatropous +
Ovule quantity
1 +  and 8 +
Perianth position
epigynous +
Petal arrangement
imbricate +
Petal arrangement or shape
convolute +
Petal atypical some measurement
4.7 cm47 mm <br />0.047 m <br /> (5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br />) +
Petal coloration
yellow +  and pale-yellow fading orange or pale-yellow +
Petal presence
absent +
Petal quantity
4 +
Petal shape
obcordate +
Petal some measurement
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4.7 cm47 mm <br />0.047 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering (Apr–)Jul–Sep(–Oct). +
Pollen-grain dehiscence or orientation
longitudinal +
Pollen arrangement
singly +
Pollen reproduction
fertile +
Polyad arrangement
singly +
Proximal blade architecture or shape
sinuate-dentate +
Proximal part reproduction
sterile +
Publication title
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. +
Publication year
1983 +
Raphide quantity
abundant +
Reference
None +
Rosette position
basal +  and cauline +
Row atypical quantity
2 (4) +
Row quantity
2 +
Secondary branch orientation
arising +
Secretion condition
wet +
Secretion condition or texture
dry +
Secretion relief
papillate +
Secretion shape
clavate +  and globose +
Seed atypical quantity
1 (160) +
Seed coloration
black +  and dark-brown to almost +
Seed length
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br />) +
Seed quantity
numerous +
Seed relief
sculptured +  and smooth +
Seed shape
angled +  and prismatic +
Seed size
reduced +
Seed width
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
Sepal architecture or dehiscence
splitting +
Sepal arrangement
separate +  and separating +
Sepal arrangement or dehiscence
valvate +
Sepal coloration
flushed with red +, red-striped +  and yellowish green +
Sepal duration
deciduous +
Sepal orientation
reflexed +
Sepal quantity
4 +
Sepal some measurement
2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Septum architecture
incomplete +
Septum arrangement
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
Septum fragility
fragile +
Septum presence
absent +
Septum width
thin +
Series length or size
longer +
Series quantity
2 +
Series size
unequal +
Series variability
equal +
Set length or size
longer +
Set quantity
2 +
Set variability
equal +
Shoot derivation
adventitious +
Shoot development
developing +
Shoot orientation
arising +
Shrub architecture
unarmed +
Shrub growth form
not clonal +
Shrub habitat
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
Slit dehiscence or orientation
longitudinal +
Spike architecture
leafy +
Spike architecture or arrangement
lax +
Spike course
curved +
Spike density
dense +
Spike orientation
erect +
Spike shape
elongate +
Stamen quantity
8 +
Stamen size
in 2 unequal series +  and subequal +
Stamen size or quantity
2 times as many or as many as sepals +
Stem architecture
unbranched +
Stem coloration
flushed with red proximally or flushed with red +  and green +
Stem growth form or orientation
decumbent +
Stem orientation
erect +
Stigma architecture
peltate +
Stigma development
developing +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stigma shape
divided +
Stipule architecture
petiolate +  and sessile +
Stipule duration
caducous +
Stipule position
intrapetiolar +
Stipule presence
absent +
Stipule size
small +
Style pubescence
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Style quantity
1 +
Style some measurement
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
Subshrub architecture
unarmed +
Subshrub growth form
not clonal +
Subshrub habitat
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
Surface architecture
smooth +, reticulate +  and furrowed +
Surface architecture or coloration or relief
reticulate +
Surface architecture or shape
entire +
Surface condition
wet +
Surface duration
persisting +
Surface life cycle
anthesis +
Surface prominence
obscured +
Surface prominence or shape
flat +
Surface quantity
7 (?) +
Surface relief
pitted +
Surface shape
beaded +
Suture quantity
1 +
Synonyms
O. elata var. hirsutissima +, O. elata subsp. texensis +, O. grisea +, O. hewettii +, O. hirsutissima +, O. hookeri subsp. angustifolia +, O. hookeri var. angustifolia +, O. hookeri subsp. grisea +, O. hookeri var. grisea +, O. hookeri subsp. hewettii +, O. hookeri var. hewettii +, O. hookeri subsp. hirsutissima +, O. hookeri var. hirsutissima +, O. hookeri var. irrigua +, O. hookeri subsp. ornata +, O. hookeri var. ornata +, O. hookeri var. semiglabra +, O. hookeri var. simsiana +, O. hookeri subsp. venusta +, O. hookeri var. venusta +, O. irrigua +, O. jepsonii +, O. macbrideae +, O. ornata +, O. simsiana +, O. venusta +, O. venusta var. grisea +  and Onagra macbrideae +
Taxon family
Onagraceae +
Taxon name
Oenothera elata subsp. hirsutissima +
Taxon parent
Oenothera elata +
Taxon rank
subspecies +
Tetrad arrangement
singly +
Tetrad dehiscence
3(-5)-aperturate +
Tip fusion
free +
Tip position
subterminal +  and terminal +
Tip position or structure subtype
terminal +
Tip some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Tooth arrangement
spaced +
Viscin thread dehiscence or orientation
longitudinal +
Viscin thread fusion
united +
Volume
Volume 10 +
Wall texture
woody +  and hard +
Wing architecture
smooth +  and erose +
Wing condition or texture
dry +
Wing relief
papillate +
Wing width
thick +