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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera speciosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_o_speciosa_6_24_07_1
June
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera speciosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera speciosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Mountains)
Look for it on roadsides & in fields, also cultivated as an ornamental, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Pink
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
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p388
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p352
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p056
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p161
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p154
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p190
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p107
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p156