Onagraceae
Scarlet beeblossom
Oenothera suffrutescens
- Family
- Onagraceae
- Genus
- Oenothera
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Scarlet beeblossom
Synonyms
- Gaura bracteata Ser.
- Gaura coccinea Nutt.
- Gaura coccinea var. arizonica Munz
- Gaura coccinea var. coccinea
- Gaura coccinea var. epilobioides (Kunth) Munz
- Gaura coccinea var. glabra (Lehm.) Torr. & A.Gray ex Munz
- Gaura coccinea var. integerrima Torr.
- Gaura coccinea var. parvifolia Rickett
- Gaura coccinea var. parvifolia (Torr.) F.C.Gates
- Gaura coccinea var. parvifolia (Torr.) F.C.Gates
- Gaura coccinea var. typica Munz
- Gaura epilobioides Kunth
- Gaura glabra Lehm.
- Gaura induta Wooton & Standl.
- Gaura linearis Wooton & Standl.
- Gaura marginata Lehm.
- Gaura multicaulis Raf.
- Gaura odorata Lag.
- Gaura parvifolia Torr.
- Gaura spicata Moc., Sessé, Sessé & Moc.
- Gaura suffrutescens Ser.
- Schizocarya kunthii Spach
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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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.