Oenothera nuttallii |
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Nuttall's evening primrose |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, mostly glabrous, sometimes strigillose on leaves and/or glandular puberulent on distal parts, at least on floral tube; from a taproot, lateral roots producing adventitious shoots. |
Stems | erect, often branched, 30–100 cm. |
Leaves | in a basal rosette and cauline, rosette weakly developed or absent, at least during flowering, 2–6(–10.5) × 0.3–0.6(–1) cm; petiole 0–2 cm; blade narrowly oblong to oblong-lanceolate, margins usually entire, sometimes remotely denticulate or repand-denticulate. |
Flowers | 1–several opening per day near sunset; buds nodding, weakly quadrangular, with free tips 1–2 mm; floral tube 15–40 mm; sepals 20–30 mm, not spotted; petals white, fading pink, broadly obovate or obcordate,15–30 mm; filaments 15–18 mm, anthers 8–10 mm; style 35–45 mm, stigma exserted beyond anthers at anthesis. |
Capsules | erect or ascending, woody in age, straight or slightly curved, cylindrical, obtusely 4-angled, especially toward base, tapering slightly from base to apex, 20–30 × 2–3 mm; sessile. |
Seeds | numerous, in 1 row per locule, reddish dark brown, narrowly obovoid, 1.5–2.3 mm. |
2n | = 14, 28. |
Oenothera nuttallii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Sep. |
Habitat | Dry, sandy or rocky prairies, open wooded hillsides, disturbed areas, roadsides. |
Elevation | 500–2200(–2900) m. (1600–7200(–9500) ft.) |
Distribution |
CO; IL; MI; MN; MT; ND; NE; SD; WI; WY; AB; MB; SK
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Discussion | Oenothera nuttallii had been assumed to be self-incompatible (W. L. Wagner et al. 2007), but K. E. Theiss et al. (2010) determined two plants to be self-compatible. Anogra nuttalliana Spach and Baumannia nuttalliana Spach are illegitimate names that pertain here. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 10. |
Parent taxa | Onagraceae > subfam. Onagroideae > tribe Onagreae > Oenothera > sect. Anogra |
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Synonyms | O. albicaulis, O. albicaulis var. nuttallii |
Name authority | Sweet: Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 199. (1830) |
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