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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Myrtales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oenothera simulans   FAMILY Onagraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera simulans   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10 (2021)

Oenothera simulans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Oenothera simulans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Gaura angustifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-04-005:

Gaura angustifolia   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Gaura angustifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Southeastern Gaura, Southern Bee-blossom


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image of Oenothera simulans, Southeastern Gaura, Southern Bee-blossom

Keith Bradley    kab_o_simulans_78169

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Oenothera simulans, Southeastern Gaura, Southern Bee-blossom

Keith Bradley    kab_o_simulans_77778

July    Miami-Dade County    FL

Navy Wells Pineland Preserve

Petals 3-4, white to pink, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oenothera simulans   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera simulans   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 10
Oenothera simulans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oenothera simulans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Gaura angustifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-04-005:
Gaura angustifolia   FAMILY Onagraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gaura angustifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4107

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other open woodlands, sandy fields, roadsides, primarily in the outer Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in NC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White to pink
3-4 merous (often mixed on a plant)
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Indehiscent capsule

 

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