Oenothera curtiflora
velvetweed, velvet weed, lizard-tail gaura, willow gaura, lizard tail, smallflowered gaura, velvety gaura, (spanish: linda tarde), velvetleaf gaura
Family
Onagraceae
Leaf Attachment
sessile
Leaf Margin
dentate, denticulate, serrate, sinuate
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
elliptic, lanceolate, ovate
Growth Form
forb
Flower Color
pink, white
Flower Petals
4
Flower Month
April - October
Height (meters)
0.2 - 3.0
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
annual
Leaf Retention
Deciduous
Wetland Class
UPL
Natural History
Among the Zuni people, fresh or dried root would be chewed by medicine man before sucking snakebite and poultice applied to wound.
Habitat
Often in weedy or cultivated situations and sandy fields. Rocky prairie hillsides, open woodlands, pastures, old fields, roadsides and waste areas.