Oenothera triloba Nuttall. Common name: Stemless Evening-primrose. Phenology: (Feb-) Mar-Jun (-Jul). Habitat: Limestone glades, blackbelt prairies, playas, floodplains; eastwards also in disturbed areas. Distribution: MO and KS south through AR, OK, and e. NM to ne. LA, TX, and n. Mexico (BCN, CHH, COA, NLE, TAM); also scattered east of the Mississippi River in both native and apparently introduced populations.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA10, G, GrPl, H, Il, K4, Mex, Mo3, NcTx, NY, Pa, Tn, Tx, Munz (1965), Wagner, Hoch, & Raven (2007); = Lavauxia triloba (Nutt.) Spach — S; > Lavauxia triloba (Nutt.) Spach — S13; > Lavauxia watsonii (Britton) Small — S13. Basionym: Oenothera triloba Nutt. 1821
Links to other floras: = Oenothera triloba - FNA10
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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