| Scientific Name: | Oenothera lindheimeri |
| Common Name: | wand flower, bee blossom |
| Family Name: | Onagraceae |
| Origin: | Mexico, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Mounded, Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Bedding plant, Container planting, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Elliptic, Sinuate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, most oblanceolate, 8-11cm long x 1-2.3cm wide, base attenuate with blade tissue extended almost to stem down the petiole; raceme with white to pink flowers, 2.5cm wide, late spring to fall. | |