NameThatPlant.net: Oenothera fruticosa var. fruticosa

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oenothera fruticosa var. fruticosa FAMILY Onagraceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Narrowleaf Sundrops at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

The Oenothera fruticosa complex needs further taxonomic and nomenclatural study to determine the validity and relative ranges of various entities, per Weakley's Flora (2022)

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa FAMILY Onagraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-009:

Oenothera fruticosa FAMILY Onagraceae

COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Sundrops

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oenothera fruticosa var. fruticosa FAMILY Onagraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa FAMILY Onagraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-009:
Oenothera fruticosa FAMILY Onagraceae

981

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Piedmont hardpan woodlands, mafic and ultramafic barrens, dry oak-hickory woodlands, longleaf pine sandhill woodlands, dry roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Piedmont, uncommon in SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
4-lobed calyx
4 petals
8 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

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