Oenothera fruticosa subsp. tetragona

(Roth) W. L. Wagner

PhytoKeys 34: 16. 2014.

Basionym: Oenothera tetragona Roth Catal. Bot. 2: 39. 1800
Synonyms: Kneiffia fraseri (Pursh) Spach K. fruticosa var. differta (Millspaugh) Millspaugh K. glauca (Michaux) Spach K. latifolia Rydberg K. serotina (Lehmann) Bartling K. tetragona (Roth) Pennell K. tetragona var. hybrida (Michaux) Pennell O. ambigua (Nuttall) Sprengel O. canadensis Goldie O. fraseri Pursh O. fruticosa var. ambigua Nuttall O. fruticosa var. differta Millspaugh O. fruticosa var. fraseri (Pursh) Hooker O. fruticosa subsp. glauca (Michaux) Straley O. fruticosa var. glauca (Michaux) H. Léveillé O. fruticosa var. incana (Nuttall) Hooker O. fruticosa var. maculata H. Léveillé O. glauca Michaux O. glauca var. fraseri (Pursh) Torrey & A. Gray O. hybrida Michaux O. hybrida var. ambigua (Nuttall) S. F. Blake O. incana Nuttall O. serotina Lehmann O. tetragona var. fraseri (Pursh) Munz O. tetragona subsp. glauca (Michaux) Munz O. tetragona var. hybrida (Michaux) Fernald O. tetragona var. latifolia (Rydberg) Fernald
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Herbs mostly glandular puberulent or glabrous, some­times strigillose or villous on stems; from fibrous rootstock. Leaves in a basal rosette and cauline, basal 3–12 × 0.5–3 cm, petiole 1–3 cm, blade oblanceolate to obovate, margins dentate to remotely denticulate; cauline 2–6 (–11) × (0.5–) 1–2 (–5) cm, sometimes glau­cous; petiole 0.1–2 (–6) cm; blade narrowly elliptic to broadly ovate, margins dentate to remotely denticulate. Flowers: buds with free tips (3–) 4–8 (–13) mm, connivent to spreading; floral-tube 5–20 mm; sepals 8–22 mm; petals (8–) 15–20 (–30) mm. Capsules oblong to oblong-ellipsoid, widest at middle, (5–) 10–17 (–20) × (2–) 3–4 (–6) mm, 4-winged, sometimes 4-angled, stipe 0.1–3 (–7) mm; sessile. 2n = 28.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Aug(–Sep).
Habitat: Open meadows, stream margins, edges of woods, open woods.
Elevation: (100–)300–1700 m.

Distribution

N.S., Ont., Que., Ala., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Mo., N.H., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Oenothera serotina Sweet (1826) is a homonym, not Lehmann (1826), while Kneiffia floribunda Spach (1835) is an illegitimate substitution based on O. tetragona, and both names pertain here.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"widest" is not a number.

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 +
(Roth) W. L. Wagner +
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 +
Oenothera tetragona +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
dentate +, denticulate +, subentire +  and entire +
narrowly elliptic +  and broadly ovate +
terete +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
oblong +  and oblong-ellipsoid +
N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Mo. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
(100–)300–1700 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 +
curved +  and straight +
indehiscent +  and dehiscent +
4-angled +, terete +, tapering +, cylindrical +, ellipsoid +, clavate +, ovoid ellipsoid +  and cylindrical rhombic-obovoid or globose +
Open meadows, stream margins, edges of woods, open woods. +
perennial +
suffrutescent +
villous +, strigillose +, glabrous +, puberulent +  and glandular +
nodding +  and erect +
nodding +  and erect +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br />) +
deciduous +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
basal +  and cauline +
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 /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
dentate +  and remotely denticulate +
pedicellate +  and sessile +
1 +  and 8 +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 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 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 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 +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 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 />) +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
4-angled +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 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 fraseri +, K. fruticosa var. differta +, K. glauca +, K. latifolia +, K. serotina +, K. tetragona +, K. tetragona var. hybrida +, O. ambigua +, O. canadensis +, O. fraseri +, O. fruticosa var. ambigua +, O. fruticosa var. differta +, O. fruticosa var. fraseri +, O. fruticosa subsp. glauca +, O. fruticosa var. glauca +, O. fruticosa var. incana +, O. fruticosa var. maculata +, O. glauca +, O. glauca var. fraseri +, O. hybrida +, O. hybrida var. ambigua +, O. incana +, O. serotina +, O. tetragona var. fraseri +, O. tetragona subsp. glauca +, O. tetragona var. hybrida +  and O. tetragona var. latifolia +
Oenothera fruticosa subsp. tetragona +
Oenothera fruticosa +
subspecies +
3(-5)-aperturate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
woody +  and hard +
smooth +  and erose +
papillate +