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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera humifusa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Dunes Evening Primrose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera humifusa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-004:
Oenothera humifusa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Raimannia humifusa
COMMON NAME:
Dunes Evening Primrose, Seabeach Evening Primrose, Spreading Evening Primrose
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rahu_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm080410_035
April Charleston County SC
Yellow flowers tinged with pink, about 1" wide, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm080410_054
April Charleston County SC
Leaves elliptic, oblanceolate, to 4cm x 8mm, mucronate, entire, sinuate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera humifusa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera humifusa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-004:
Oenothera humifusa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Raimannia humifusa
2680
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it on coastal sand dunes, 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
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish
4-lobed calyx
4 petals
8 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!