Onagraceae
Lindheimer's beeblossom
Oenothera lindheimeri
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Oenothera
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 山桃草, 白桃花, 白蝶花
- Dutch
- Prachtkaars
- English
- Lindheimer's beeblossom, White gaura
- German
- Prachtkerze
- Japanese
- ハクチョウソウ, ヤマモモソウ, ガウラ
- Russian
- Гаура Линдхеймера
Synonyms
- Gaura filiformis var. munzii Cory
- Gaura lindheimeri Engelm. & Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lumixa, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.