Oenothera macrocarpa subsp. oklahomensis |
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Habit | Herbs glabrous. |
Stems | several, unbranched, sometimes with shorter secondary branches, 5–30(–42) cm. |
Leaves | green, usually flecked with reddish purple splotches or reddish tinged, (5.5–)7–11(–12.5) × (0.3–)0.8–2(–3) cm; blade usually elliptic to lanceolate-elliptic, sometimes linear, moderately thick, fleshy, margins usually undulate, usually conspicuously denticulate to serrulate, rarely subentire, apex acute. |
Flowers | buds with unequal free tips (5–)6–10(–15) mm; floral tube (82–)90–140(–147) mm; sepals 35–60 mm; petals (38–)42–55(–65) mm; filaments 24–34 mm, anthers (15–)19–21(–25) mm; style (120–)140–190 mm. |
Capsules | globose to narrowly ellipsoid, not twisted, wings (10–)15–20(–25) mm wide, body 35–55(–75) × 7–9 mm.2n = 14. |
Oenothera macrocarpa subsp. oklahomensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun(–Sep). |
Habitat | Rocky, clay soil, open sites of fine-textured, red sandstone usually mixed with gypsum, on pure gypsum, on limestone. |
Elevation | 200–500(–800) m. (700–1600(–2600) ft.) |
Distribution |
KS; OK; TX |
Discussion | Subspecies oklahomensis is known from Barber, Harper, Meade, and Montgomery counties in extreme southern Kansas south across central Oklahoma to Harmon County in southwestern Oklahoma, and Cooke and Knox counties in adjacent Texas. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. |
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Synonyms | Megapteriumoklahomense norton, O. macrocarpa var. oklahomensis, O. missourensis var. oklahomensis |
Name authority | (Norton) W. L. Wagner: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 70: 194. (1983) |
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