Wagner & Hoch
Pronunciation: ee-no-THEER-a suf-roo-TES-sens
Common name: Scarlet gaura
Family: Onagraceae (Evening primrose)
Habitat: Dry slopes, generally limestone soils, joshua
tree or pinyon-juniper woodland to 5000', desert mts
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Oenothera
(2) suffrutescens
Formerly Gaura coccinea