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Oenothera hartwegii subsp. fendleri

Fendler's Sundrops · Hartweg's Sundrops

Family OnagraceaeGenus Oenothera

Also published as Oenothera fendleri. You are in the right place.

A single yellow four-petalled flower on a small plant in a terracotta pot, among other potted plants on gravel.
Flowerpeganum from Small Dole, EnglandCC BY-SA 2.0

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
perennial or subshrubPlants of the World Online
Flower
YellowRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Arizona, Kansas, Mexico Northeast, New Mexico, Oklahoma, TexasGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • The species, Hartweg's sundrops, is native to the desert southwest of the United States and to northern and western Mexico, and is used locally as a drought-resistant ground cover. Wikipedia: Oenothera hartwegii

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Low Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C

No stated waiting before sowing.

Deno says some, immediately. No count.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, OenotheraPublic domain
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Oenothera (Onagraceae). While many species germ. well in dark treatments, 0. biennis has an absolute light requirement so that photorequirements have to be considered in this genus. 0. fendleri germ. some immediately at 70.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Oenothera. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

Germination trials

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