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Read more about Threadstalk Gaura at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales
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
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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JK Marlow jkm161001_798
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge