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The plant is native to much of North America, especially the western and central sections. It can be found in many habitats and is occasionally seen in urban areas. In 2016 NatureServe assessed Oenothera suffrutescens under the name Gaura coccinea as globally secure (G5).
Gaura was a genus of flowering plants in the family Onagraceae, native to North America. The name was derived from Greek γαῦρος (gaûros) meaning "superb" and named in reference to the stature and floral display of some species in this genus. [ 1 ]
Oenothera lindheimeri, [2] [3] commonly known as Lindheimer's beeblossom, white gaura, pink gaura, Lindheimer's clockweed, and Indian feather, is a species of Oenothera. Several of its common names derive from the genus Gaura, in which this species was formerly placed. The perennial plant is native to southern Louisiana and Texas.
A plant which completes its life cycle (i.e. germinates, reproduces, and dies) within two years or growing seasons. Biennial plants usually form a basal rosette of leaves in the first year and then flower and fruit in the second year. bifid Forked; cut in two for about half its length. Compare trifid. bifoliate
Coccinia species are dioecious, meaning that individual plants produce flowers with only male or only female organs. The sepals are connected and have five triangulate to lineal lobes. The corolla is also connected at the base and has five free lobes. The color of the corolla is creamy white to yellowish orange, rarely also snow-white or pinkish.
Oenothera suffulta is an annual herb, of open, sandy places. It grows up to 120 cm (3.9 ft) tall. The basal leaves form a rosette; each leaf is up to 11 cm (4.3 in) long and 2.3 cm (0.91 in) across.
Plants in this genus are commonly known as horse-eye beans or simply ormosias, and in Spanish by the somewhat ambiguous term "chocho". The scientific name Ormosia is a nomen conservandum , overruling Toulichiba which is formally rejected under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants .
Eustephia coccinea Cav. - Peru (Cusco, Huánuco, Junin), Bolivia ; Eustephia darwinii Vargas - Peru ; Eustephia hugoei Vargas - Peru ; Eustephia kawidei Vargas - Peru ; Eustephia longibracteata Vargas - Peru