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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera triloba
FAMILY
Onagraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera triloba
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lavauxia triloba
COMMON NAME:
Stemless Evening Primrose
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_latr6_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_oenothera_triloba_31
April
No aboveground stem, with leaves & flowers arising from a stout rootstock, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera triloba
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera triloba
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lavauxia triloba
3740
Annual/Biennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Look for it in limestone glades (in GA), blackbelt prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple - pinnatifid
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
4-lobed calyx
4 petals
8 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p056
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p154
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p190