Oenothera linifolia

Nuttall

J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 2: 120. 1821.

Synonyms: Kneiffia linifolia (Nuttall) Spach Oenothera linifolia var. glandulosa Munz Peniophyllum linifolium (Nuttall) Pennell
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Herbs annual, caulescent, strig­illose or glabrous, also often glandular puberulent, especially distally; from a sparsely branched taproot. Stems un­branched or with many ascending branches arising near base, erect, 10–50 cm. Leaves in a basal rosette and cauline, basal 1–2 (–4) × 0.2–0.6 cm, petiole 0.2–1 (–1.5) cm, blade ovate to obovate or narrowly elliptic; cauline 1–4 × less than 0.1 cm, sessile, blade linear or filiform. Flowers usually 1–3 opening per day near sunrise; buds without free tips; sepals 1.5–2 mm; petals bright-yellow, fading pink, obcordate to obovate, 3–5 (–7) mm; filaments 1–2 mm, anthers 0.5–1 mm; style 1–2 mm, stigma surrounded by anthers at anthesis. Capsules ellipsoid-rhombic to subglobose, 4-angled, 4–6 (–10) × 1.5–3 mm, stipe 0–4 mm, valve midrib raised at distal end, indehiscent or tardily dehiscent distally; sessile. Seeds clustered in each locule, ovoid, surface minutely papillose, 1 × 0.5 mm. 2n = 14.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun(–Aug).
Habitat: Prairies, open woodlands, open rocky and sandy sites, roadsides.
Elevation: 0–400 m.

Distribution

Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Kans., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex.

Discussion

Kneiffia linearifolia Spach (1835) is an illegitimate name based on Oenothera linifolia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"[-]4cm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Oenothera linifolia"
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
obtuse +  and rounded +
Warren L. Wagner +
Nuttall +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
pale green +  and yellow usually fading orange purple pale-yellow reddish or whitish +
pedicel-like +
Peniophyllum +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
dentate +  and subentire +
filiform +, linear +, ovate +  and obovate or narrowly elliptic +
arising +  and ascending +
terete +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
4-angled +, ellipsoid-rhombic +  and subglobose +
leathery +  and hard +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +  and Tex. +
0–400 m. +
whitish +  and green +
exfoliating +
basifixed +  and versatile +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
hispid +, lanate +  and glabrous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
unscented +
1 +  and 3 +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
4-angled +, terete +, tapering +, cylindrical +, ellipsoid +, clavate +, ovoid ellipsoid +  and cylindrical rhombic-obovoid or globose +
Prairies, open woodlands, open rocky and sandy sites, roadsides. +
suffrutescent +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
nodding +  and erect +
deciduous +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
1 +  and 8 +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
fading pink +  and bright-yellow +
obcordate +  and obovate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–Jun(–Aug). +
J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia +
basal +  and cauline +
2 +  and 1 +
clavate +  and globose +
sculptured +  and smooth +
reduced +
purple +, pink +, red +  and green +
deciduous +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 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 +
with many ascending branches +  and branched +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
intrapetiolar +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
aquatic +, amphibious +  and terrestrial +
smooth +, reticulate +  and furrowed +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
papillose +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
Kneiffia linifolia +, Oenothera linifolia var. glandulosa +  and Peniophyllum linifolium +
Oenothera linifolia +
Oenothera sect. Peniophyllum +
species +
3(-5)-aperturate +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
woody +  and hard +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +