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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: (4/14/23) 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, non-tidal swamps, along channel margins
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: (4/14/23) Oenothera tetragona FAMILY: Onagraceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Oenothera fruticosa ssp. tetragona FAMILY: Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH 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
Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Glaucous Sundrops
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Oenothera glauca FAMILY: Onagraceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Oenothera fruticosa ssp. tetragona FAMILY: Onagraceae
Habitat: Cliffs, rocky streambanks, moist forests over sedimentary rock
Rare
Native to Georgia
Common Name: Blue Ridge Sundrops
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Oenothera hybrida 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 forests and woodlands, rocky streambanks, moist roadsides, at moderate to high elevations
Common in Carolina Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains
Native to 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:
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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