OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera nutans   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)

Oenothera nutans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Oenothera nutans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Oenothera nutans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Oenothera biennis var. austromontana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Oenothera austromontana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-001?:

Oenothera biennis   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Oenothera biennis var. nutans

 

COMMON NAME:
Nodding Evening-primrose


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image of Oenothera nutans, Nodding Evening-primrose

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_oebi_001_lvd

        

image of Oenothera nutans, Nodding Evening-primrose

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_oebi_011_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera nutans   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Oenothera nutans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oenothera nutans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Oenothera nutans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Oenothera biennis var. austromontana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Oenothera austromontana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-001?:
Oenothera biennis   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Oenothera biennis var. nutans

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4784

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: Roadsides, openings, forest edges, pastures, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC?)

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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