...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera fruticosa +
FAMILY
Onagraceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 137-02-009:
Oenothera fruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
COMMON NAME:
Southern Sundrops
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_knfr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120525_300
May Oconee County SC
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm120525_302
May Oconee County SC
Hypanthium present, prolonged above the inferior ovary as 7-15mm calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120525_304
May Oconee County SC
All Oenothera found in the southern mtns have a 4-branched stigma, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120525_313
May Oconee County SC
Leaves lanceolate, entire, approximately 2.5" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm160526_007
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160526_009
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160526_010
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1867
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Pollinator at work.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmofruticosa_2bjo
May
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmofruticosa_ec1
May
Flowers open in the morning, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_oenothera_fruticosa_1
May
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JK Marlow jkm140614_966
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140614_968
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140614_972
June Oconee County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_o_fruticosa_0742
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_o_fruticosa_77805
June McDowell County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_o_fruticosa_77814
June McDowell County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm060928_097
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Leaves elliptic, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, margin entire to serrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_o_fruticosa_sub4
October
Petals yellow, veiny, ends notched; stamens orange [here, var. subglobosa], per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.