May. 14, 2019
toothed evening-primrose, Oenothera serrulata
So many evening-primroses, so little time! Particularly since the flowers fade by mid-day. If I counted right, USDA lists 143 species in this bunch.I hesitate to call it a genus. Many botanists split Oenothera into three or four genera. When they do, this becomes Calylophus, because the stigma doesn't have longer, narrower lobes. Adding to the fun, this is also called yellow evening-primrose, yellow sundrops, halfshrub sundrops, serrate-leaf evening-primrose, shrubby evening-primrose, halfleaf sundrop, and plains yellow primrose. This is very much a species of those plains, growing in AR, AZ, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY(X), MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, VT, WI, WY, AB, MB, ON, and SK. Sedgwick Co CO, 6/16/13.
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Hi Denise
Just thinking it's almost time to come look for Platanthera flava. Bob
Hi Bob:
I found it on Eber Rd, about 1.5 mi S. of Kitty Todd Preserve 1/4 mi from Metroparks land. I’m guessing it came in on the RR. (NwOhio)
Apparently so, but not on all plants. The brown only shows a little in this image.
Regarding umber pussytoes, one reference calls it brown-brackted pussytoes. Are it's bracts browner than other pussytoes?