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Onagraceae. The Evening -primrose Family Onagraceae • 18 genera, 655 species • herbs, shrubs, and trees • on every continent from boreal to tropical regions. • characterised by flowers with usually four sepals and petals Seeds and Fruit • seeds are very small, with a tuft of down. • wind-dispersed. • in others (e.g. Fuchsia), in a juicy epigynous berry. • dispersed by birds. • leaves are commonly opposite or whorled, but are spirally arranged in some species; in most, they are simple and lanceolate in shape. Alpine Enchanter’s Nightshade Circaea alpina • • • • • • Perennial Bloom Period is Late Spring Flower Color White Height, Mature (feet) 0.9 Non-toxic Propagated by seed, bare root and tubers References • Smithsonian Institution: Onagraceae classification • Ford, V.S. & Gottlieb, L.D. (2007). Tribal relationships within Onagraceae inferred from PgiC sequences. Systematic Botany 32(2):348356.
