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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oenothera fruticosa var. fruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Narrowleaf Sundrops at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The Oenothera fruticosa complex needs further taxonomic and nomenclatural study to determine the validity and relative ranges of various entities, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-009:
Oenothera fruticosa FAMILY Onagraceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kneiffia arenicola
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kneiffia fruticosa
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kneiffia linearis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kneiffia semiglandulosa
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Sundrops
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_knfr_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_knli_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120525_300
May Oconee County SC
Pollinator at work.
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm160526_007
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160526_009
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160526_010
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1867
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Pollinator at work.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmofruticosa_2bjo
May
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmofruticosa_ec1
May
Flowers open in the morning, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_oenothera_fruticosa_1
May
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JK Marlow jkm140614_966
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140614_968
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140614_972
June Oconee County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_o_fruticosa_0742
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_o_fruticosa_77805
June McDowell County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_o_fruticosa_77814
June McDowell County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oenothera fruticosa var. fruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-009:
Oenothera fruticosa
FAMILY
Onagraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kneiffia arenicola
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kneiffia fruticosa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kneiffia linearis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kneiffia semiglandulosa
981
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Piedmont hardpan woodlands, mafic and ultramafic barrens, dry oak-hickory woodlands, longleaf pine sandhill woodlands, dry roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Piedmont, uncommon in SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
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 (Midgley, 1999) p206
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p136
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p153
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p084
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p446
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p134
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p35
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p237
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p165
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p056?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p162
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p267
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p152?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p188?
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p410
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p108
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p068
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