Oenothera_pubescens

<i>Oenothera pubescens</i>

Oenothera pubescens

Species of plant

Oenothera pubescens, known commonly as the South American evening-primrose, is a plant in the evening primrose family native to the Southwestern U.S. (southeastern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas); Mexico (more than 20 states); Guatemala; and Western South America (Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru). It is used locally in folk medicine.[1]

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References

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     Species was first described in Systema vegetabilium 2:229. 1825 "Oenothera pubescens". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved July 12, 2010.


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