Herbs annual; from enlarged taproot. Stems usually unbranched, sometimes branched. Inflorescences slender, nodding. Flowers 4-merous, nearly actinomorphic, opening near sunset; floral tube 1.5–5 mm; petals white, slightly unequal; filaments with minute basal scale. Capsules reflexed in age, fusiform, terete, weakly 4-angled in distal 1/3, angles becoming broad and rounded in proximal part, tapering abruptly toward base; sessile. 2n = 14.

Distribution

w, c United States, n, c Mexico, introduced in s South America, Asia (China, Japan), Australia.

Discussion

Species 1.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Oenothera curtiflora