Oenothera lindheimeri

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Oenothera lindheimeri, commonly known as Lindheimer's beeblossom, white gaura, pink gaura, Lindheimer's clockweed, and Indian feather, is a species of Oenothera. Several of its common names derive from the genus Gaura, in which this species was formerly placed. The perennial plant is native to southern Louisiana and Texas. The specific epithet is after Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer, a German-American botanist who extensively studied the plants of Texas for Harvard University professor Asa Gray. It is somewhat commonly grown as an ornamental plant in North America.

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