Oenothera stricta

Ledebour ex Link

Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 377. 1821. (as striata)

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Distribution

Introduced; California, South America

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora).

Oenothera stricta is a PTH species and forms a ring of 14 chromosomes in meiosis, and is self-compatible and autogamous (W. Dietrich 1977).

Subspecies stricta is naturalized in many areas around the world and may be so in California. Sub­species altissima W. Dietrich occurs only in Argentina.

Selected References

None.

"dehiscent" is not a number.

... more about "Oenothera stricta"
enlarged +
Warren L. Wagner +
Ledebour ex Link +
pale green +  and yellow usually fading orange purple pale-yellow reddish or whitish +
pedicel-like +
Oenothera sect. +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
subentire +, dentate +, lobed to sinuate-dentate +  and lobed +
quadrangular +  and terete +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
enlarged +
California +  and South America +
whitish +  and green +
exfoliating +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
16.5 cm165 mm <br />0.165 m <br /> (19 cm190 mm <br />0.19 m <br />) +
hispid +, lanate +  and glabrous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
unscented +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
4-angled +, terete +, tapering +, cylindrical +, ellipsoid +, clavate +, ovoid ellipsoid +  and cylindrical rhombic-obovoid or globose +
biennial +  and annual +
suffrutescent +
nodding +  and erect +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
deciduous +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
1 +  and 8 +
yellowish white +, yellow +, reddish orange +  and fading orange +
obcordate +  and obovate +
Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. +
basal +  and cauline +
clavate +  and globose +
pale +  and dark-brown +
sculptured +  and smooth +
ellipsoid +  and subglobose +
reduced +
separate +  and separating +
purple +, pink +, red +  and green +
deciduous +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
unequal +
adventitious +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
in 2 unequal series +  and subequal +
2 times as many or as many as sepals +
unbranched +  and branched +
ascending +  and erect +
petiolate +  and sessile +
intrapetiolar +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
smooth +, reticulate +  and furrowed +
Oenothera subg. +
Oenothera stricta +
Oenothera (sect. Oenothera) ser. Allochroa +
species +
3(-5)-aperturate +
woody +  and hard +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +