Oenothera unguiculata (Fernald) Sorrie, LeBlond, & Weakley. Common name: Coastal Sundrops. Phenology: Apr-Aug. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhill seeps, moist to wet loamy savannas, wet maritime grasslands. Distribution: Long Island, NY south to through the mid-Atlantic states to e. SC and e. GA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: See Sorrie, LeBlond, & Weakley (2018b) for detailed discussion.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Sorrie, LeBlond, & Weakley (2018b) in Weakley et al (2018b); = n/a — Tat; = Oenothera fruticosa L. var. unguiculata Fernald — F, Munz (1965); < Oenothera fruticosa L. — C, RAB, Va; < Oenothera fruticosa L. ssp. fruticosa — FNA10, Straley (1977), Wagner, Hoch, & Raven (2007). Basionym: Oenothera fruticosa L. var. unguiculata Fernald 1939
Links to other floras: < Oenothera fruticosa ssp. fruticosa - FNA10
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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