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
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
No collectors specified
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%