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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera perennis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Little Sundrops at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera perennis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-008:
Oenothera perennis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
COMMON NAME:
Little Sundrops, Small Sundrops
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmoperennis_lr1
May
Flowers open singly; inflorescence mostly nodding. Leaves lanceolate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera perennis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera perennis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-008:
Oenothera perennis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
2690
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Rare in NC-SC
Look for it in bogs, sphagnous seeps, moist fields, 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
Yellow
4-lobed calyx
4 petals
8 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p152
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p189
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p108