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Onagraceae
Oenothera

not marked as a favorite taxon Oenothera riparia Nuttall. Common name: Riverbank Evening-primrose. Phenology: Jun-Jul. Habitat: Freshwater tidal marshes and freshwater tidal swamp forests, non-tidal swamps, along channel margins, and especially on rises, stumps, fallen logs, and cypress knees. Distribution: Se. Virginia south to se. North Carolina and e. South Carolina. Present in the freshwater tidal portions of the Waccamaw, Northeast Cape Fear, Black, Greater Pee Dee, Cape Fear, Scuppernong, and Alligator rivers. Gramling et al. (2018) discussed the species' occurrence along the Edisto River (Charleston and Colleton counties, South Carolina).

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Section: Kneiffia.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Distinct from O. fruticosa.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA10, K4, NSProv, POWO, Va, Wagner, Hoch, & Raven (2007); = Kneiffia riparia (Nutt.) Small — S, S13; = n/a — Tat; = Oenothera tetragona A. Roth ssp. glauca (Michx.) Munz var. riparia (Nutt.) Munz — Munz (1965); < Oenothera fruticosa L. — C, RAB; < Oenothera fruticosa L. ssp. fruticosa — K1, Straley (1977). Basionym: Oenothera riparia Nuttall 1818

Links to other floras: = Oenothera riparia - 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 ⓘ: 7

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