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Read more about Common Evening Primrose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera biennis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera biennis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-001:
Oenothera biennis
FAMILY
Onagraceae
COMMON NAME:
Common Evening Primrose
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Jerry Bright jeb_mg_0521
July Haywood County? NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Four broad yellow petals with notched tips. Yellow anthers extended, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm130823_514
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Lvs lanceolate to oblong, spiraling, ascending or spreading around stem, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm190804_0573
August Greenville County SC
Its erect stem may be 6' tall and is seldom branched except near the top, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm141009_115
October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Hypanthium present, prolonged above the inferior ovary as a calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_oenothera_biennis_2
October
Sepals reflexed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm111106_219
November Haywood County NC
Fruit a 4-chambered capsule, splitting from top to base, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm111106_222
November Haywood County NC
Cylindric capsule, 1.5-4cm long x 4-5mm wide, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.