Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Onagraceae
(Evening Primrose Family)


The Onagraceae are herbs that have flower parts in fours or multiples of fours. They have a stigma that is terminally divided into four parts. The family is well represented in the Gila National Forest.

Calylophus hartwegii (Hartweg's Sundrops)
Chamerion angustifolium subsp. circumvagum (Fireweed)
Epilobium canum var. latifolium (Hummingbird Trumpet)
Epilobium ciliatum (Willow Herb)
Gaura coccinea (Scarlet Gaura)
Gaura mollis (Small Flowered Gaura)
Oenothera brachycarpa (Desert Evening Primrose)
Oenothera caespitosa (Stemless Evening Primrose)
Oenothera elata subsp. hirsutissima (Hooker Evening Primrose)
Oenothera hexandra (Harlequin Bush)
Oenothera laciniata (Cutleaf Evening Primrose)
Oenothera primiveris subsp. primiveris (Early Evening Primrose)


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