Taxon: Oenothera fruticosa L. subsp. fruticosa

See other conspecific taxa:

• Oenothera fruticosa (no accessions)
• Oenothera fruticosa subsp. glauca (3 accessions)

Common names:

• sundrops   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana [n.], Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [s.], Missouri [s.], Oklahoma [e.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida [n.], Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

• also cultivated

References:

• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Munz, P. A. 1965. Onagraceae. In: Britton, N. L. et al., eds. ser. 1; C. T. Rogerson, ed. ser. 2, North American flora ser. 1, 1905-1957; ser. 2, 1954-1972 ser. 2, 5:87.
• Straley, G. B. 1977. Systematics of Oenothera sect. Kneiffia (Onagraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64:397–403.

Check other web resources for Oenothera fruticosa L. subsp. fruticosa:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Check other databases for images:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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