North Carolina Wildflowers

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Onagraceae > Oenothera (sundrops)
	Sundrops, probably (Oenothera fruticosa) Orange Co., NC 1 May 2006 Several species of Oenothera are found throughout NC and identification can be tricky as most of the plant keys refer to fruit characteristics. Nevertheless various sundrops are found statewide in a variety of habitats.
	Sundrops, probably (Oenothera fruticosa) Orange Co., NC 1 May 2006

	Seabeach Evening Primrose (Oenothera humifusa) Interdune flats on S. Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008 Common in coastal sand dune habitats in North Carolina.
	Seabeach Evening Primrose (Oenothera humifusa) Interdune flats on S. Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008
	Seabeach Evening Primrose (Oenothera humifusa) Interdune flats on S. Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008 Seabeach Evening Primrose flowers all summer long.
	Seabeach Evening Primrose (Oenothera humifusa) Interdune flats on S. Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008
	Seabeach Evening Primrose (Oenothera humifusa) Interdune flats on S. Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008

	Oenothera sp. Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006
	Oenothera sp. Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006
	Oenothera sp. Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.