Oenothera linifolia

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Family:ONAGRACEAE
Species:Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
Common Name:Threadleaf Sundrops; Flaxleaf Sundrops; Threadleaf Evening Primrose
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:OELI
Plant Notes:Threadleaf Sundrops is a native annual in the Evening Primrose family (Onagraceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Threadleaf Sundrops occurs on limestone glades, in prairies, on sandstone or granite outcrops, in dry rocky woods, in sandy pine woods, in wet roadside ditches, on roadsides, and in cemeteries. It is an annual from a branched tap root. Stems are from a few inches to slightly over 1 foot in height. The stems are multiple from the base, branched near the top, or unbranched. Stems are pubescent near the base and glabrous near the apex. Leave are basal and cauline. Basal leaves are usually not present at flowering. Basal leaves are spathulate in outline, entire or serrate, glabrous, and form a rosette. Stem leaves are alternate, linear in outline, entire, and glabrous. Flowers are produced in a terminal raceme with the sessile flowers subtended by a single bract. Flowers have four yellow petals. Flowers open at night and usually have dropped the petals by mid-day. The fruit is a capsule. --A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyONAGRACEAE - Evening-Primrose family
Genus Oenothera
Species Oenothera linifolia Nutt. - Threadleaf Sundrops; Flaxleaf Sundrops; Threadleaf Evening Primrose

Citation

Citation Oenothera linifolia Nuttall, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 2(1): 120. 1821.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: ARKANSAS: Near the Arkansas River, s.d., Nuttall s.n. (holotype: PH; isotypes: BM, GH, K, NY, PH, US).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Kneiffia linearifolia Kneiffia linearifolia Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 2. 4: 167. 1835, nom. illegit.Oenothera linifolia Nuttall 1821. 
Kneiffia linifolia Kneiffia linifolia (Nuttall) Spach, Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 368. 1835.Oenothera linifolia Nuttall 1821. 
Oenothera linifolia var. glandulosa Oenothera linifolia Nuttall, var. glandulosa Munz, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 64: 289. 1937. GEORGIA: DeKalb Co.: Little Stone Mountain, 11 May 1901, Curtiss 6778 (holotype: GH; isotypes: G, GA, GH, ILL, K, NA, NY, OKL, P, US).
Oenothera linifolia var. typica Oenothera linifolia Nuttall, var. typica Munz, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 64: 289. 1937, nom. inadmiss.Oenothera linifolia Nuttall 1821. 
Peniophyllum linifolium Peniophyllum linifolium (Nuttall) Pennell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 46: 373. 1919.Oenothera linifolia Nuttall 1821 

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; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Bullock, Butler, Cherokee, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Macon, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair, Sumter, Washington, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1980 - 2020

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0005548 Lawrence 19 May 2008 England, J. Kevin
790		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
UWAL0030603 Covington 04 May 1987 Kral, Robert
73942		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
UWAL0011782 Washington 14 May 2013 Keener, Brian R.
7819		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0015758 Conecuh 04 Jul 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24305		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
JSU138347 Etowah 18 May 1971 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
JSU138342 Etowah 01 Jun 1996 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4496		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0005551 Sumter 21 May 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5368		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
UWAL0005550 St. Clair 06 Jun 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4577		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
TROY000032098 Sumter 21 May 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5368		 TROY
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
AUA_ACC_10686 Lee 14 May 1963 Taylor, T.D.
 AUA
Oenothera Linifolia Nutt.
JSU138344 Etowah 18 May 1971 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
JSU138346 Etowah 09 Jun 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2275		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0047317 Franklin 27 Apr 1991 Webb, David H.
5769		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
AUA_ACC_38147 Elmore 27 Apr 1979 Whetstone, R.David
9645		 AUA
Oenothera Linifolia Nutt.
JSU138220 Elmore 27 Apr 1979 Whetstone, R. David
9645		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
JSU138350 Randolph 15 May 1984 Nixon, Christopher F.
693		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
JSU140926 Covington 04 Oct 1964 Johnson, Alfred W.
608		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0049664 Franklin 06 May 1989 Webb, David H.
5519		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
JSU138349 Franklin 14 May 1993 Whetstone, R. David
16151		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
TROY000021823 Bullock 04 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19199		 TROY
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0018823 Monroe 22 May 1993 Kral, Robert
82449		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia L.
TROY000043027 Lamar 14 Jun 2014 England, J. Kevin
4940		 TROY
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
TROY000038385 Bullock 19 Apr 2012 Dykes, Bailee
506		 TROY
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
AUA_ACC_28787 Coosa 20 Apr 1976 Rutland, David W.
2243		 AUA
Oenothera Linifolia Nutt.
AUA_ACC_72234 Lamar 14 Jun 2014 England, J. Kevin
4940		 AUA
Oenothera Linifolia Nutt.
JSU138352 Randolph 11 May 1972 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
JSU138341 Etowah 17 May 1969 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
AUA_ACC_11189 Lee 2 May 1963 Rogers, Ken E.
 AUA
Oenothera Linifolia Nutt.
TROY000049500 Franklin 28 Apr 2012 England, J. Kevin
3387		 TROY
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
TROY000021824 Butler 12 Apr 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18940		 TROY
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0037057 Washington 16 Apr 2018 Keener, Brian R.
10543		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
JSU138345 Etowah 28 Apr 1972 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1382		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
AUA_ACC_46634 Macon 6 May 1979 Crawford, Daniel S.
172		 AUA
Oenothera Linifolia Nutt.
JSU138353 Winston 16 Apr 1978 Kral, Robert
61511		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0049666 Lawrence 13 May 1989 Webb, David H.
5531		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
UNA00047235 Colbert 29 Apr 1985 McDaniel, Sidney
28145		 UNA
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
TROY000028088 Monroe 16 May 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20706		 TROY
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0056711 Lauderdale 12 May 2020 England, Kevin J.
10992		 UWAL
Oenthera linifolia Nuttall
TROY000021975 Lawrence 19 May 2008 England, J. Kevin
790		 TROY
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0017080 Randolph 22 May 2014 Keener, Brian R.
8458		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
UWAL0005547 Crenshaw 26 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19342		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
TROY000021825 Butler 10 May 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17542		 TROY
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
JSU138343 Etowah 17 May 1969 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0049665 Franklin 06 May 1989 Webb, David H.
5524		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
AUA_ACC_52884 Escambia 23 Apr 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4553		 AUA
Oenothera Linifolia Nutt.
TROY000021976 Randolph 29 Apr 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
3811		 TROY
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
ALNHS00001170 Randolph 10 Apr 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#515		 ALNHS
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
UNA00019759 Randolph 29 Apr 1980 Davenport, Lawrence J.
1802		 UNA
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
AUA_ACC_10729 Lee 1 May 1963 Crew, John L.
S.N.		 AUA
Oenothera Linifolia Nutt.
JSU138351 Randolph 11 May 1972 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
JSU138219 Colbert 10 May 1970 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
AUA_ACC_30345 Lee 28 Apr 1976 Culp, L.
133		 AUA
Oenothera Linifolia Nutt.
TROY000021826 Crenshaw 26 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19342		 TROY
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0056629 Winston 30 Apr 2019 England, Kevin J.
10176		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0013505 Franklin 28 Apr 2012 England, J. Kevin
3387		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
JSU138218 Cherokee 06 May 1983 Nixon, Christopher F.
230		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0033543 Randolph 25 Apr 2010 England, J. Kevin
2335		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0015439 Lamar 14 Jun 2014 England, J. Kevin
4940		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
JSU138348 Etowah 18 May 1971 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
TROY000021822 Bullock 04 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19199		 TROY
Oenothera linifolia Nuttall
UWAL0005549 Monroe 16 May 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20706		 UWAL
Oenothera linifolia Nutt.
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