...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Showy Evening Primrose 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 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)
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