Native Plants
Oenothera cinerea ssp. parksii
Oenothera cinerea (Wooton & Standl.) W.L. Wagner & Hoch ssp. parksii (Munz) W.L. Wagner & Hoch
Parks' Beeblossom, Woolly Butterfly-weed, Parks Gaura
Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)
USDA Symbol: OECIPUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Oenothera cinerea ssp. parksii
Wooly Gaura
Onagraceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun. Rocky hillside.
Description: Bushy perennial, 80 cm tall, much branched; branches erect, base woody. Plant villous. Leaves linear-lanceolate, to 80 mm long, L=4W, sinuate, sparingly dentate. Sepals 6-14 mm long; petals 8.5-13 mm long; fruit 2.5-11 mm long.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Jun 25, 1993
Specimen number: 011
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0487
Accession Date: Aug 20, 1993
Accession Number: 38
Annotations: SXFRB