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Hooker's Evening-primrose - Oenothera elata
Other Names:  Oenothera biennis, Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima

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Status Under Review
Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SU

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MNPS Threat Rank:
C-value: 3

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General Description
Taprooted biennial or short-lived perennial. Stems erect, often branched at the base, 30–100 cm. Herbage strigose, hirsute, glandular. Leaves basal and cauline, lanceolate to oblanceolate; the basal 5–15 cm, entire to weakly dentate; cauline leaves reduced upward. Flowers light yellow; hypanthium 2–4 cm long, pubescent; sepals 2–4 cm long; petals 2–4 cm long, aging orange; stigma lobes 4–5 mm long. Capsule ascending, linear, 2–4 cm long, 4-angled, strigose (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Range Comments
WA to MT south to CA, AZ, NM and TX (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 36

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Habitat
Streambanks, roadsides; valleys; collected once in Gallatin County (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Ecology
POLLINATORS
The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap: Bombus pensylvanicus and Bombus impatiens (Colla and Dumesh 2010).

References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Colla, S.R. and S. Dumesh. 2010. The bumble bees of southern Ontario: notes on natural history and distribution. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 141: 39-68.
  • Additional ReferencesLegend:   View Online Publication
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    • Jones, W. W. 1901. Preliminary flora of Gallatin County. M.S. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State College. 78 pp.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
    • Martinka, R.R. 1970. Structural characteristics and ecological relationships of male blue grouse (Dendragapus obscurus (Say)) territories in southwestern Montana. Ph.D Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 73 p.
    • Rundquist, V.M. 1973. Avian ecology on stock ponds in two vegetational types in north-central Montana. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 112 p.
    • Seipel, T.F. 2006. Plant species diversity in the sagebrush steppe of Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 87 p.
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