Oenothera podocarpa(Wooton & Standl.) Krakos & W.L.Wagner

WFO wfo-0001357893 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Oenothera podocarpa, photographed by Bonnie Isaac
fig. a Bonnie Isaac, CC0 1.0 / 2019-08-01 / obs. 47123182
Oenothera podocarpa, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. b CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9709268
Oenothera podocarpa, photographed by Patty Mitchum
fig. c Patty Mitchum, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 46847963
Oenothera podocarpa, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. d Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10667312
Oenothera podocarpa, photographed by Jared Shorma
fig. e Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171200004
Oenothera podocarpa, photographed by Jared Shorma
fig. f Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 53850211
Oenothera podocarpa, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. g Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / obs. 24221278
Oenothera podocarpa, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. h CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 8539548

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Oenothera podocarpa is native: Arizona, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, Texas ArizonaMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestNew MexicoTexas
Native distribution of Oenothera podocarpa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
New Mexico NWM
Texas TEX

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Gaura brassicacea Wooton & Standl.
  • Gaura glandulosa Wooton & Standl.
  • Gaura gracilis Wooton & Standl.
  • Gaura gracilis f. glandulosa (Wooton & Standl.) Munz
  • Gaura gracilis var. typica Munz
  • Gaura hexandra subsp. gracilis (Wooton & Standl.) P.H.Raven & D.P.Greg.
  • Gaura podocarpa Wooton & Standl.
  • Gaura strigillosa Wooton & Standl.
  • Oenothera hexandra subsp. gracilis (Wooton & Standl.) W.L.Wagner & Hoch

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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