Oenothera fruticosa
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Oenothera fruticosa, Linn. (Kneiffia fruticosa, Raim.). Sundrops. Perennial (or sometimes biennial), erect and more or less branchy, rather stout, 1-3 ft. high, the terete usually reddish sts. somewhat villous: Lvs. ovate to narrow-lanceolate, 3 in. or less long, firm, usually acute, remotely denticulate or entire, mostly sessile: fls. 1½-2 in. across and showy, in an elongating cluster, with linear bracts: caps, oblong to obovate, short-stalked or sessile, strongly winged. Dry soil, Nova Scotia, south and west. B.M. 332. — Very variable. Var. Youngii, Bailey (OE. Youngii, Hort.), is common in cult., and is prized for its stocky growth and profusion of bloom. It is a strong larger-lvd. plant, with rm shiny slightly glaucous foliage, and bearing many bright lemon-yellow fls.: 2 ft., much branched and somewhat decumbent at base. Excellent. Var. major, Hort., is a strong-growing floriferous form, forming a dense bush-like specimen.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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