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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Oenothera filipes
FAMILY
Onagraceae
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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:
Oenothera filipes
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)
Oenothera filipes
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oenothera filipes
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gaura filipes
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-04-001:
Gaura filipes FAMILY Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gaura michauxii
COMMON NAME:
Threadstalk Gaura, Slenderstalk Beeblossom
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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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 (Carman, 2005).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Oenothera filipes
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera filipes
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Oenothera filipes
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oenothera filipes
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gaura filipes
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-04-001:
Gaura filipes
FAMILY
Onagraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gaura michauxii
3625
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, barrens, prairies, sandy fields, disturbed areas, and clearings, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White to pink
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Indehiscent capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p264
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p150
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p186
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p126
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