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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Oenothera filipes   FAMILY Onagraceae   Go to FSUS key



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


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image of Oenothera filipes, Threadstalk Gaura, Slenderstalk Beeblossom

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).

image of Oenothera filipes, Threadstalk Gaura, Slenderstalk Beeblossom

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).

image of Oenothera filipes, Threadstalk Gaura, Slenderstalk Beeblossom

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).

image of Oenothera filipes, Threadstalk Gaura, Slenderstalk Beeblossom

JK Marlow    jkm161001_795

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Oenothera filipes, Threadstalk Gaura, Slenderstalk Beeblossom

JK Marlow    jkm161001_798

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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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

 

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