Oenothera subsect. Munzia

W. Dietrich

Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64: 443. 1978.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

Herbs annual or biennial; from taproot. Stems erect or ascending [prostrate]. Flowers: buds erect; floral-tube straight, 5–130 mm; petals obcordate to obovate. Capsules straight, cylindrical or ovoid, narrowed at both ends or somewhat enlarged toward apex. Seeds numerous, in 2 rows per locule, pale to dark-brown, ellipsoid to subglobose, surface reticulate and regularly pitted. 2n = 14.

Distribution

Introduced; California, South America

Discussion

Species 36 (1 in the flora).

Subsection Munzia is subdivided into three series (W. Dietrich 1977), only one of which occurs in the United States as a naturalized plant.

Selected References

None.

"dehiscent" is not a number.

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enlarged +
Warren L. Wagner +
W. Dietrich +
pale green +  and yellow usually fading orange purple pale-yellow reddish or whitish +
pedicel-like +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
subentire +, dentate +, lobed to sinuate-dentate +  and lobed +
quadrangular +  and terete +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
narrowed +, ovoid +  and cylindrical +
California +  and South America +
whitish +  and green +
exfoliating +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
16.5 cm165 mm <br />0.165 m <br /> (19 cm190 mm <br />0.19 m <br />) +
hispid +, lanate +  and glabrous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
unscented +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
4-angled +, terete +, tapering +, cylindrical +, ellipsoid +, clavate +, ovoid ellipsoid +  and cylindrical rhombic-obovoid or globose +
biennial +  and annual +
suffrutescent +
nodding +  and erect +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
deciduous +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
1 +  and 8 +
yellowish white +, yellow +, reddish orange +  and fading orange +
obcordate +  and obovate +
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. +
basal +  and cauline +
clavate +  and globose +
pale +  and dark-brown +
sculptured +  and smooth +
ellipsoid +  and subglobose +
reduced +
separate +  and separating +
purple +, pink +, red +  and green +
deciduous +
parietal +, axile +  and placentation +
unequal +
adventitious +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
in 2 unequal series +  and subequal +
2 times as many or as many as sepals +
unbranched +  and branched +
ascending +  and erect +
petiolate +  and sessile +
intrapetiolar +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
smooth +, reticulate +  and furrowed +
Oenothera subsect. Munzia +
Oenothera sect. Oenothera +
subsection +
3(-5)-aperturate +
woody +  and hard +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +