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Your search found 39 taxa in the family Onagraceae, Evening Primrose family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Wingstem Water-primrose, Wingleaf Primrose-willow
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ludwigia decurrens FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia decurrens FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia decurrens 137-01-001 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, marshes, ditches
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: South American Seedbox
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ludwigia bonariensis FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia bonariensis FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia bonariensis 137-01-002 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Freshwater tidal marshes and adjacent disturbed areas
Rare or waif(s)
Non-native: tropical America, apparently
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Common Name:
Mexican Primose-willow
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ludwigia octovalvis FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia octovalvis FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Marshes, disturbed areas
Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Water-willow, Primrose Willow, Anglestem Primrose-willow
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ludwigia leptocarpa FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia leptocarpa FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia leptocarpa 137-01-003 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Riverbanks, marshes, swamps, and ditches, often on logs or tree bases in deep swamps
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Showy Water-primrose, Large-flower Water-primrose
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ludwigia grandiflora FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia uruguayensis 137-01-004? FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, sluggish waters of ditches or streams
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
Non-native
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Common Name:
Common Water-primrose
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ludwigia hexapetala FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia grandiflora ssp. hexapetala FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia uruguayensis 137-01-004? FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, sluggish waters of ditches or streams
Uncommon in Coastal Plain & SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native
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Common Name:
Savanna Seedbox, Slender Seedbox
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ludwigia virgata FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia virgata FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia virgata 137-01-006 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas and pine flatwoods
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Harper's Seedbox, Seaside Seedbox
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ludwigia maritima FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia maritima FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia maritima 137-01-007 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, bogs
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rafinesque's Seedbox, Spindleroot, Hairy Seedbox
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ludwigia hirtella FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia hirtella FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia hirtella 137-01-008 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, rarely inland in boggy seepage in barrens and oak flatwoods
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Alternate-leaf Seedbox, Bushy Seedbox
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ludwigia alternifolia FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia alternifolia FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia alternifolia 137-01-009 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Freshwater tidal marshes, ditches, other marshes, open wet places, disturbed wet places
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Shrubby Seedbox
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ludwigia suffruticosa FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia suffruticosa FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia suffruticosa 137-01-014 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Periodically to seasonally flooded portions of limesink ponds (dolines) and clay-based Carolina bays
Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pondshore Seedbox, piedmont primrose-willow, Needleleaf Ludwigia
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ludwigia arcuata FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia arcuata FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia arcuata 137-01-019 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Marshes or submerged in water of natural Coastal Plain ponds
Uncommon
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Long Beach Seedbox, Coastal Plain Water-purslane
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ludwigia brevipes FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia brevipes FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia brevipes 137-01-020 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Pondshores, blackwater rivers, interdunal swales, borrow ponds, ditches, impoundments, marshes
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Creeping Seedbox
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ludwigia repens FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia repens FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia repens 137-01-021 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Ditches, pools, and streams
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Water-purslane, Marsh Purslane, Marsh Seedbox
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ludwigia palustris FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ludwigia palustris FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ludwigia palustris 137-01-023 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: In a wide range of natural and altered moist to wet disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Evening-primrose
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Oenothera biennis FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oenothera biennis FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Oenothera biennis 137-02-001 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Fields, pastures, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Nodding Evening-primrose
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Oenothera nutans FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oenothera nutans FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Oenothera biennis 137-02-001? FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Roadsides, openings, forest edges, pastures
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC?)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Beach Evening Primrose, Drummond's Evening Primrose
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oenothera drummondii FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Oenothera drummondii FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Oenothera drummondii 137-02-003 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Sandy ocean beaches, disturbed areas; eastwards perhaps only introduced or adventive from the western Gulf Coast
Rare in Carolina Coastal Plain (waifs inland)
Native: Gulf state(s); occurrences in Coastal Plain of FL-SC-NC are also plausibly native
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Common Name:
Dunes Evening Primrose, Seabeach Evening Primrose, Spreading Evening Primrose
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oenothera humifusa FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oenothera humifusa FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Oenothera humifusa 137-02-004 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Coastal sand dunes
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cutleaf Evening Primrose
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oenothera laciniata FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oenothera laciniata FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Oenothera laciniata var. laciniata 137-02-006a FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Showy Evening Primrose, White Evening Primrose, Pink-ladies, Pink Evening Primrose
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oenothera speciosa FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oenothera speciosa FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Oenothera speciosa 137-02-007 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Grasslands, prairies, glades, roadsides and fields, also cultivated as an ornamental
Common Piedmont of GA & SC, common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (uncommon in NC Piedmont, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain) (rare in Mountains)
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Little Sundrops, Small Sundrops
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oenothera perennis FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oenothera perennis FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Oenothera perennis 137-02-008 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Bogs, sphagnous seeps, moist fields
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Sundrops
Weakley's Flora: (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): Oenothera fruticosa 137-02-009 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Piedmont hardpan woodlands, mafic and ultramafic barrens, dry oak-hickory woodlands, longleaf pine sandhill woodlands, dry roadsides
Common in NC Piedmont, uncommon in SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Riverbank Evening Primrose, Riverbank Sundrops
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oenothera riparia FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Oenothera fruticosa 137-02-009? FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Freshwater tidal marshes and freshwater tidal swamp forests
Uncommon in NC, rare in SC
Native to the Carolinas
Common Name: Coastal Sundrops
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Oenothera unguiculata FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Oenothera fruticosa 137-02-009? FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhill seeps, moist to wet loamy savannas, wet maritime grasslands
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northern Sundrops, Appalachian Sundrops
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oenothera tetragona FAMILY: Onagraceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Oenothera fruticosa ssp. tetragona FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Oenothera tetragona 137-02-010 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Moist to wet meadows, woodlands, stream margins, river-scours, rocky shoals
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Sundrops
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oenothera glauca FAMILY: Onagraceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Oenothera fruticosa ssp. tetragona FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Cliffs, rocky streambanks, moist forests over sedimentary rock
Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Threadleaf Sundrops, Flaxleaf Sundrops
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oenothera linifolia FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oenothera linifolia FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Oenothera linifolia 137-02-011x FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Barrens, glades, dry openings, and fields
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Shale-barren Evening Primrose, Shale Evening Primrose
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oenothera argillicola FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oenothera argillicola FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Shale barrens and woodlands
Native north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Stemless Evening Primrose
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oenothera triloba FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oenothera triloba FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Limestone glades, blackbelt prairies, playas, floodplains; eastwards also in disturbed areas
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Narrowleaf Willowherb, Bog Willowherb, American Marsh Willowherb
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Epilobium leptophyllum FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Epilobium leptophyllum FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Epilobium leptophyllum 137-03-001 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Bogs, fens, seepages, and boggy meadows
Uncommon in NC Mountains
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Great Willowherb, Fireweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Chamaenerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Chamerion angustifolium ssp. circumvagum FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Epilobium angustifolium 137-03-002 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Grassy balds, roadsides, montane fields, burned areas, disturbed areas
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Purpleleaf Willowherb, Bronze Willowherb, Eastern Willowherb
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Epilobium coloratum FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Epilobium coloratum FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Epilobium coloratum 137-03-003 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Seepages, streambanks, other moist open places
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in SC Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Fringed Willowherb, American Willowherb
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Epilobium ciliatum 137-03-004 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Bogs, seeps, disturbed wet places (such as moist edges of logging roads)
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Threadstalk Gaura, Slenderstalk Beeblossom
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Oenothera filipes FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oenothera filipes FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gaura filipes 137-04-001 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, barrens, prairies, sandy fields, disturbed areas, and clearings
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Biennial Gaura, Northeastern Gaura, Morning Honeysuckle, Biennial Beeblossom
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oenothera gaura FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oenothera gaura FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gaura biennis 137-04-004 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Barrens, glades, woodlands, roadsides, streambanks, fields, disturbed areas
Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southeastern Gaura, Southern Bee-blossom
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Oenothera simulans FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Oenothera simulans FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gaura angustifolia 137-04-005 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other open woodlands, sandy fields, roadsides, primarily in the outer Coastal Plain
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in NC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Canada Enchanter's Nightshade
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Circaea canadensis FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis 137-05-001 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Mesic, nutrient-rich forests
Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in SC Mountains & NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Alpine Enchanter's Nightshade, Smaller Enchanter's Nightshade
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Circaea alpina ssp. alpina FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Circaea alpina ssp. alpina FAMILY: Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Circaea alpina 137-05-002 FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Moist organic soil at high elevations (especially in spruce-fir and northern hardwood forests), rocky or gravelly seepages, in spray behind waterfalls, at dripping cliff bases
Uncommon
Native to North Carolina
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