Oenothera fruticosa subsp. fruticosa

Synonyms: Kneiffia allenii Small K. arenicola Small K. brevistipata Pennell K. charlesii Lahman K. fruticosa var. humifusa (Allen) Pennell K. fruticosa var. unguiculata (Fernald) Moldenke K. linearis (Michaux) Spach K. longipedicellata Small K. semiglandulosa Pennell K. subglobosa Small K. tetragona var. longistipata Pennell K. velutina Pennell O. fruticosa var. eamesii (B. L. Robinson) S. F. Blake O. fruticosa var. goodmanii Munz O. fruticosa var. humifusa Allen O. fruticosa var. linearifolia Hooker O. fruticosa var. linearis (Michaux) S. Watson O. fruticosa var. microcarpa Fernald O. fruticosa var. subglobosa (Small) Munz O. fruticosa var. unguiculata Fernald O. fruticosa var. vera Hooker O. linearis Michaux O. linearis var. eamesii B. L. Robinson O. longipedicellata (Small) B. L. Robinson O. subglobosa (Small) Weatherby & Griscom O. subglobosa var. arenicola (Small) Weatherby & Griscom O. tetragona var. brevistipata (Pennell) Munz O. tetragona var. longistipata (Pennell) Munz O. tetragona var. sharpii Munz O. tetragona var. velutina (Pennell) Munz O. unguiculata (Fernald) Sorrie LaBlond & Weakley
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Herbs moderately to densely strigillose, and/or some­times glandular puberulent or villous; from fibrous or, sometimes, slightly fleshy rootstock or producing rhizomes. Leaves: basal 3–10 × 0.5–2 cm, petiole 1–4 cm, blade oblanceolate to obovate, margins subentire or weakly and remotely denticulate; cauline 2–6 (–8) × 0.1–1 (–1.7) cm, petiole 0.2–2 (–4) cm, blade linear, lanceolate to oblanceolate, narrowly elliptic, or nar­rowly ovate, margins subentire or weakly and remotely denticulate. Flowers: buds with free tips 0.5–1 (–6) mm, usually connivent, sometimes spreading; floral tube5–15 mm; sepals 5–20 mm; petals (8–) 15–25 mm. Capsules clavate to oblong-clavate, widest distal to middle, angled, rarely narrowly winged, (5–) 10–17 (–20) × (2–) 3–4 mm, stipe 3–10 mm; sessile. 2n = 28, 42.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Aug(–Sep).
Habitat: Open habitats, meadows, stream margins, edges of woods, open woods, margins of freshwater or saltwater marshes, stabilized sand dunes, roadsides, partially disturbed habitats.
Elevation: 0–500(–1100) m.

Distribution

Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Miss., Mo., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Kneiffia suffruticosa Spach (1835) is an illegitimate substitution for Oenothera fruticosa, as is K. angustifolia Spach (1835) one for O. linearis Michaux, and O. linearis var. allenii Britton (1894) is one based on O. fruticosa var. humifusa.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
tapering +  and rounded to truncate +
Warren L. Wagner +
Linnaeus +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
pale green +  and yellow usually fading orange purple pale-yellow reddish or whitish +
pedicel-like +
Kneiffia +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
dentate +, denticulate +, subentire +  and entire +
ovate +, lanceolate +  and oblanceolate +
terete +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
distal +  and middle +
angled +, clavate +  and oblong-clavate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
0–500(–1100) m. +
whitish +  and green +
exfoliating +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
hispid +, lanate +  and glabrous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
scented +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
4-angled +, terete +, tapering +, cylindrical +, ellipsoid +, clavate +, ovoid ellipsoid +  and cylindrical rhombic-obovoid or globose +
Open habitats, meadows, stream margins, edges of woods, open woods, margins of freshwater or saltwater marshes, stabilized sand dunes, roadsides, partially disturbed habitats. +
perennial +
suffrutescent +
villous +, puberulent +, glandular +  and strigillose +
nodding +  and erect +
nodding +  and erect +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
deciduous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
denticulate +, weakly +  and subentire +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
1 +  and 8 +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
pale +  and bright-yellow fading pale-pink orangish pink or yellow +
obcordate +  and obovate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–Aug(–Sep). +
basal +  and cauline +
2 +  and 1 +
clavate +  and globose +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
sculptured +  and smooth +
reduced +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
purple +, pink +, red +  and green +
deciduous +
coherent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
unequal +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
in 2 unequal series +  and subequal +
2 times as many or as many as sepals +
unbranched +  and branched +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
erect +  and decumbent +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
intrapetiolar +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
smooth +, reticulate +  and furrowed +
papillose +
Kneiffia allenii +, K. arenicola +, K. brevistipata +, K. charlesii +, K. fruticosa var. humifusa +, K. fruticosa var. unguiculata +, K. linearis +, K. longipedicellata +, K. semiglandulosa +, K. subglobosa +, K. tetragona var. longistipata +, K. velutina +, O. fruticosa var. eamesii +, O. fruticosa var. goodmanii +, O. fruticosa var. humifusa +, O. fruticosa var. linearifolia +, O. fruticosa var. linearis +, O. fruticosa var. microcarpa +, O. fruticosa var. subglobosa +, O. fruticosa var. unguiculata +, O. fruticosa var. vera +, O. linearis +, O. linearis var. eamesii +, O. longipedicellata +, O. subglobosa +, O. subglobosa var. arenicola +, O. tetragona var. brevistipata +, O. tetragona var. longistipata +, O. tetragona var. sharpii +, O. tetragona var. velutina +  and O. unguiculata +
Oenothera fruticosa subsp. fruticosa +
Oenothera fruticosa +
subspecies +
3(-5)-aperturate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
woody +  and hard +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +