Oenothera deltoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Onagraceae |
| Genus: | Oenothera |
| Species: | O. deltoides
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Oenothera deltoides is a species of evening primrose known by several common names, including birdcage evening primrose, basket evening primrose, lion in a cage, and devil's lantern. It is native to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in sandy habitats from desert to beach.
The plant is grayish with basal, deltoid leaves. The large white flowers turn pinkish as they mature. When the plants die, the stems curl upward and form the "birdcage" for which the common name is derived.
There are five subspecies. One of these, the Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose (ssp. howellii), is a federally listed endangered species known from a few sandy spots in the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge just inland from the San Francisco Bay Area in California.[1]
References
- Roadside plants of Southern California. Thomas J. Belzer. Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1984.
External links
- Calflora Database: Oenothera deltoides (Birdcage evening primrose, Desert lantern, Dune primrose)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Oenothera deltoides
- UC Photos gallery − Oenothera deltoides
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- Oenothera
- Flora of California
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Night-blooming plants
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