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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Oenothera glauca   FAMILY Onagraceae   Go to FSUS key



(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. tetragona   FAMILY Onagraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)

Oenothera fruticosa ssp. glauca

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Oenothera fruticosa ssp. tetragona

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Oenothera fruticosa ssp. glauca

INCLUDED WITHIN Onagraceae (Munz, 1965)

Oenothera tetragona ssp. glauca

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Kneiffia glauca

 

COMMON NAME:
Glaucous Sundrops


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image of Oenothera glauca, Glaucous Sundrops

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_kngl_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Oenothera glauca   FAMILY Onagraceae

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. tetragona   FAMILY Onagraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. glauca

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. tetragona

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Oenothera fruticosa ssp. glauca

INCLUDED WITHIN Onagraceae (Munz, 1965)
Oenothera tetragona ssp. glauca

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kneiffia glauca

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4660

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Cliffs, rocky streambanks, moist forests over sedimentary rock, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
4-lobed calyx
4 petals
8 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Capsule

 

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