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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oenothera laciniata
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Cutleaf Evening Primrose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera laciniata
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Oenothera laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oenothera laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-006a:
Oenothera laciniata var. laciniata FAMILY Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Raimannia laciniata
COMMON NAME:
Cutleaf Evening Primrose
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rala6_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0304l_24
April Colleton County SC
Roadside
Leaves shallowly toothed to deeply lobed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0504u_12
April Greenville County SC
Field
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmolaciniata_and2
April Anderson County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0405q_31
May Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Flowers yellow soon turning pinkish, solitary from axils, opening in late PM, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm0405q_34
May Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Flowers arise from the axils of upper leaves. Sepals reflexed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4786
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4787
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Four broad petals with notched tips, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oenothera laciniata
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera laciniata
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Oenothera laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oenothera laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-006a:
Oenothera laciniata var. laciniata
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Raimannia laciniata
982
Forb
Biennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow/Reddish
4-lobed calyx
4 petals
8 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p134
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p134
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p238
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p197
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p057
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p267
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p153
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p189
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p108
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p330
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p155
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