Oenothera pilosella

Classification	Dicots
Family	Onagraceae
Family (Traditional)	Onagraceae
Genus	Oenothera
Species:	Oenothera pilosella Raf.
Common Name	Meadow Evening Primrose
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 4; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 8
C value	2
Status	Native; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); KY[S4] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Butler (KY), Daviess (KY), Franklin (KY), Graves (KY), Henderson (KY), McCracken (KY), McLean (KY), Madison (KY), Hamilton (TN), Putnam (TN), Shelby (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, HTTU, MEM, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1970 - 1981

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100537271	McCracken	Kentucky	07 Jun 1970	Raymond Athey 994	EKY Oenothera pilosella
UCHT020955	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Oenothera pilosella
APSC0092296	McLean	Kentucky			APSC Oenothera pilosella
APSC0108787	Daviess	Kentucky			APSC Oenothera pilosella
APSC0073234	Daviess	Kentucky			APSC Oenothera pilosella
HTTU010767		Kentucky			HTTU Oenothera pilosella
TENN-V-0157615	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Oenothera pilosella
APSC0008715	Hamilton	Tennessee			APSC Oenothera pilosella
31234100537263	Graves	Kentucky	16 Jun 1973	Raymond Athey 2353	EKY Oenothera pilosella
TENN-V-0158042	McCracken	Kentucky			TENN Oenothera pilosella
APSC0108788	Henderson	Kentucky			APSC Oenothera pilosella
31234100537248	Madison	Kentucky		1800	EKY Oenothera pilosella
TENN-V-0157617	Shelby	Tennessee			TENN Oenothera pilosella
TENN-V-0157616	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Oenothera pilosella
HTTU010769	Graves	Kentucky			HTTU Oenothera pilosella
MEM016264	Shelby	Tennessee	30 May 1981	Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr. 81D3.1	MEM Oenothera pilosella
APSC0092304	Butler	Kentucky			APSC Oenothera pilosella
HTTU010768	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Oenothera pilosella
31234100537255	Franklin	Kentucky	09 Jul 1981	John MacGregor FR-479	EKY Oenothera pilosella
APSC0073233	Daviess	Kentucky			APSC Oenothera pilosella

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