Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Midwestern Evening-primrose - Oenothera pilosella   Rafinesque
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AuthorRafinesque
DistributionKnown from 3 collections in NC: Orange Co., vicinity of Chapel Hill, May 1899, W.W. Ashe s.n. (FSU); Orange County., roadside waste 1/4 mi. E of Chapel Hill along rte. 15-501, 3 May 1957, R.F. Britt 633 (COLO); Buncombe Co., Cedar Cliff Mtn., 23 June 1905, Biltmore 14951a (IND). All 3 annotated by W.L. Wagner 1982.

ME to ONT, S to NC, AL, LA, and OK. Native W of the Appalachians, eastern records probably all non-native.
AbundanceVery rare, if still extant.
HabitatRoadside, mountainside (Cedar Cliff Mtn. in Buncombe County).
PhenologyFlowers in late Apr-late June.
IdentificationFrom other members of the genus in NC, told by the +- dense pilose hairy stems and leaves; the crenate leaf margins with setae. See drawing on p. 274 in FNA (2021).
Taxonomic CommentsNone

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