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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera filipes
FAMILY
Onagraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Threadstalk Gaura at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaura filipes
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-04-001:
Gaura filipes
FAMILY
Onagraceae
COMMON NAME:
Threadstalk Gaura, Slenderstalk Beeblossom
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_gaura_filipes_3
September
The protruding style has a cross-shaped stigma; stamens are long & drooping, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_gaura_filipes_scan_s
September
The tubular flowers have 4 narrow, white, spreading petals, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_gaura_filipes_scans
September
Sepals reflexed separately , per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_795
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Oenothera filipes
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaura filipes
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-04-001:
Gaura filipes
FAMILY
Onagraceae
3625
Forb
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Common
Look for it in sandy fields, disturbed areas, and clearings, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White to pink
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Indehiscent capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p150
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p186
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p126