# clockweed

*Oenothera lindheimeri*

Individual blossoms open at dawn as pristine white, then gradually blush to a delicate pink by evening before fading away.

- **Taxonomy:** Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Myrtales › Onagraceae › Oenothera
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** stable
- **Biome:** grassland
- **Habitat:** Sunny prairies, open pine savannas, and coastal grasslands.
- **Diet:** Photosynthetic (sunlight, water, and soil nutrients).
- **Range:** United States (Texas, Louisiana), Naturalized in parts of Europe, Naturalized in Australia
- **Size:** 50 to 150 cm tall, forming airy clumps up to 90 cm wide
- **Lifespan:** 3 to 5 years (short-lived perennial)
- **Active:** crepuscular
- **Threats:** Habitat conversion to agriculture, urbanization, and displacement by aggressive invasive plant species.
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless. This plant is completely safe to approach and touch. Observe the flowers closely to spot the diverse native bees and butterflies that rely on them for nectar.

## About

Oenothera lindheimeri , formerly Gaura lindheimeri , and commonly known as Lindheimer's beeblossom , white gaura , pink gaura , Lindheimer's clockweed , and Indian feather , is a species of Oenothera .

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/9a5a645b-9528-42b6-ba98-d64433d2a370
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/590726
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oenothera lindheimeri
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/706340657/medium.jpg (zebedeugalinha, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

Habitat, diet, size and similar notes are AI-written summaries; check them against the linked sources before relying on them.