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Onagraceae

Onagraceae Juss. - Evening Primrose Family

1. Oenothera speciosa Nutt.

(Hartmannia speciosa, Xylopleurum speciosum)

Common names: Showy Evening Primrose

Extract from Wikipedia article: Oenothera speciosa is a species of evening primrose known by several common names, including pinkladies, pink evening primrose, showy evening primrose, Mexican primrose, and amapola. It is a herbaceous perennial wildflower native to 28 of the lower 48 U.S. states (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, the Carolinas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia) as well as Chihuahua and Coahuila in Mexico. The specific name, speciosa, means "showy".

Showy Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa, invasive ground cover) on a lawn among Carissa bushes near back entrance of Texas A and M University on campus of Education City. Doha, Qatar, May 7, 2014 Flower of Showy Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa) on a lawn near back entrance of Texas A and M University on campus of Education City. Doha, Qatar, May 7, 2014 Close up of a flower of Showy Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa) on a lawn near back entrance of Texas A and M University on campus of Education City. Doha, Qatar, May 7, 2014 Showy Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa) among Carissa bushes near back entrance of Texas A and M University on campus of Education City. Doha, Qatar, April 14, 2015 Showy Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa, invasive ground cover) on a lawn near back entrance of Texas A and M University on campus of Education City. Doha, Qatar, April 14, 2015 Showy Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa) blooming among Carissa bushes near back entrance of Texas A and M University on campus of Education City. Doha, Qatar, April 14, 2015 Flowers of Showy Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa) on a lawn near back entrance of Texas A and M University on campus of Education City. Doha, Qatar, April 16, 2015 Flowers of Showy Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa) among Carissa bushes on a lawn near back entrance of Texas A and M University on campus of Education City. Doha, Qatar, April 16, 2015

List of plant families

• Ephedraceae
• Acanthaceae
• Aizoaceae
• Amaranthaceae
• Anacardiaceae
• Annonaceae
• Apiaceae
• Apocynaceae
• Asphodelaceae
• Asteraceae
• Bignoniaceae
• Boraginaceae
• Brassicaceae
• Burseraceae
• Cactaceae
• Campanulaceae
• Capparaceae
• Caricaceae
• Caryophyllaceae
• Casuarinaceae
• Cistaceae
• Cleomaceae
• Combretaceae
• Convolvulaceae
• Cucurbitaceae
• Cynomoriaceae
• Didiereaceae
• Dioscoreaceae
• Ehretiaceae
• Euphorbiaceae
• Fabaceae
• Frankeniaceae
• Geraniaceae
• Goodeniaceae
• Heliotropiaceae
• Lamiaceae
• Linaceae
• Lythraceae
• Malpighiaceae
• Malvaceae
• Meliaceae
• Menispermaceae
• Moraceae
• Moringaceae
• Muntingiaceae
• Myrtaceae
• Neuradaceae
• Nyctaginaceae
• Oleaceae
• Onagraceae
• Orobanchaceae
• Oxalidaceae
• Papaveraceae
• Phyllanthaceae
• Plantaginaceae
• Plumbaginaceae
• Polygalaceae
• Polygonaceae
• Portulacaceae
• Primulaceae
• Resedaceae
• Rhamnaceae
• Rubiaceae
• Rutaceae
• Salvadoraceae
• Sapindaceae
• Sapotaceae
• Scrophulariaceae
• Solanaceae
• Tamaricaceae
• Typhaceae
• Urticaceae
• Verbenaceae
• Violaceae
• Zygophyllaceae
• Arecaceae
• Commelinaceae
• Cymodoceaceae
• Cyperaceae
• Hydrocharitaceae
• Juncaceae
• Liliaceae
• Poaceae
• Ruppiaceae

Links

• Unknown plants or plants without names.
• Duplicate and extra pictures of plants.
• Earlier version of collection of plants.
• Other collections of pictures from Qatar: Lizards of Qatar, Cats of Qatar, Camels of Qatar, and Fish of Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Outside links

• Ekhlas M. M. Abdel Bary, The Flora of Qatar, Volume I: The Dicotyledons. Doha 2012
• Flora of Qatar, Volume II: The Monocotyledons
• Illustrated Checklist of the Flora of Qatar. John Norton et al. 2009
• Qatar eNature. Flora
• Ali Al-Rawi, Flowering plants of Kuwait, 1985
• Plants of Kuwait
• Flora of Saudi Arabia, Al-Qassim Region
• Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia by Rain and Dust at Flickr
• Plants of South-Western Morocco
• Pictures from Qatar (Flickr/cpmkutty)
• Arabian plants by Gary Brown
• Flora of Israel

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• Pictures of plants were selected from a database using a script.
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Acknowledgements

QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) and associated people, for a possibility to participate in their field excursions and to learn about local nature.