Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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3287

Forb
Biennial

Native north of the Carolinas

Documented growing wild in - - -

Uncommon

Look for it in shale barrens and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
 Oenothera argillicola   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera argillicola   FAMILY Onagraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Shale-barren Evening Primrose, Shale Evening Primrose

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image of Oenothera argillicola, Shale-barren Evening Primrose, Shale Evening Primrose

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_oear_001_lvd