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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oenothera speciosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Showy Evening Primrose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera speciosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Oenothera speciosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oenothera speciosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-007:
Oenothera speciosa FAMILY Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hartmannia speciosa
COMMON NAME:
Showy Evening Primrose, White Evening Primrose, Pink-ladies, Pink Evening Primrose
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hasp4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060427_011
April Greenville County SC
Old mill village
All Oenothera found in the southern mtns have a 4-branched stigma, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Keith Bradley kab_o_speciosa_2456
April Lexington County SC
Riverbanks Botanical Garden
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_o_speciosa
April
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Gill Newberry gn05_o_speciosa
May
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Gill Newberry gn05_oenothera_speciosa
May
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JK Marlow jkm210528_0838
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Flowers white to pink with a yellow center, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210528_0840
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Leaves oblong-lanceolate to linear, lower lvs irregularly toothed or lobed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_o_speciosa_6_24_07_1
June
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oenothera speciosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera speciosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Oenothera speciosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oenothera speciosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-007:
Oenothera speciosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hartmannia speciosa
983
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Grasslands, prairies, glades, roadsides and fields, also cultivated as an ornamental, per Weakley's Flora
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Piedmont of GA & SC, common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (uncommon in NC Piedmont, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain) (rare in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/Pink
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!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p206
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p136
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p388
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p540
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p352
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p056
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p161
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p268
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p154
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p190
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p107
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p156
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