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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera fruticosa +
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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Read more about Southern Sundrops at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-009:
Oenothera fruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
COMMON NAME:
Southern Sundrops, Narrowleaf Sundrops
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_knfr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120525_300
May Oconee County SC
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm120525_302
May Oconee County SC
Hypanthium present, prolonged above the inferior ovary as 7-15mm calyx tube, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120525_304
May Oconee County SC
All Oenothera found in the southern mtns have a 4-branched stigma, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120525_313
May Oconee County SC
Leaves lanceolate, entire, approximately 2.5" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm160526_007
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160526_009
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160526_010
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1867
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Pollinator at work.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmofruticosa_2bjo
May
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmofruticosa_ec1
May
Flowers open in the morning, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_oenothera_fruticosa_1
May
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JK Marlow jkm140614_966
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140614_968
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140614_972
June Oconee County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_o_fruticosa_0742
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_o_fruticosa_77805
June McDowell County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_o_fruticosa_77814
June McDowell County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm060928_097
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Leaves elliptic, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, margin entire to serrate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_o_fruticosa_sub4
October
Petals yellow, veiny, ends notched; stamens orange [here, var. subglobosa], per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera fruticosa +
FAMILY
Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-009:
Oenothera fruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
981
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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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!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p206
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p136
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p153
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p084
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p134
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p35
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p237
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p165
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p056?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p162
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p152?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p188?
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p410
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p108