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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_oebi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_oebi_011_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150415_317
April Greenville County SC
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm150714_493
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm150714_495
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130823_509
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm150813_004b
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180813_3732
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180813_3735
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190804_0566
August Greenville County SC
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm190804_0595
August Greenville County SC
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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.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_oenothera_biennis_2
October
Sepals reflexed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_oenothera_biennis_4
October
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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.
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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.