Native to Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; introduced into Alabama, Albania, Bermuda, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Illinois, Italy, Japan, Kentucky, Kriti, Nansei-shoto, New South Wales, Queensland, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tennessee, Tuva, Victoria, Western Australia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, Texas, Walker (Grapeland)
31.469361, -95.634556
Location Remarks
East of Riverside. On N 3454 (Thomas Lake Road), ca. 100 m north of junction with FM980. 82 m elev.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Onagraceae
Genus
Oenothera
Specific Epithet
speciosa
Authorship
Nutt.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.1
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#110,784 of 335,497
Top 34%
Extinction probability
10%