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Read more about Southern Sundrops 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 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
COMMON NAME:
Southern Sundrops, Narrowleaf Sundrops
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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.
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.
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.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmofruticosa_ec1
May
Flowers open in the morning, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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.
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.