OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oenothera humifusa   FAMILY Onagraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera humifusa   FAMILY Onagraceae

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

Oenothera humifusa

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

Oenothera humifusa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-004:

Oenothera humifusa   FAMILY Onagraceae

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

Raimannia humifusa

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Raimannia mollissima

 

COMMON NAME:
Dunes Evening Primrose, Seabeach Evening Primrose, Spreading Evening Primrose


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image of Oenothera humifusa, Dunes Evening Primrose, Seabeach Evening Primrose, Spreading Evening Primrose

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_rahu_001_lvd

        

image of Oenothera humifusa, Dunes Evening Primrose, Seabeach Evening Primrose, Spreading Evening Primrose

JK Marlow    jkm080410_035

April    Charleston County    SC

Yellow flowers tinged with pink, about 1" wide, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Oenothera humifusa, Dunes Evening Primrose, Seabeach Evening Primrose, Spreading Evening Primrose

JK Marlow    jkm080410_054

April    Charleston County    SC

Leaves elliptic, oblanceolate, to 4cm x 8mm, mucronate, entire, sinuate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Oenothera humifusa, Dunes Evening Primrose, Seabeach Evening Primrose, Spreading Evening Primrose

JK Marlow    jkm231104_6546

November    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oenothera humifusa   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera humifusa   FAMILY Onagraceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-02-004:
Oenothera humifusa   FAMILY Onagraceae

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

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Raimannia mollissima

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2680

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Coastal sand dunes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish
4-lobed calyx
4 petals
8 exserted stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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