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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 gaura   FAMILY Onagraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera gaura   FAMILY Onagraceae

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

Oenothera gaura

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

Oenothera gaura

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

Gaura biennis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-04-004:

Gaura biennis   FAMILY Onagraceae

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

Gaura biennis

 

COMMON NAME:
Biennial Gaura, Northeastern Gaura, Morning Honeysuckle, Biennial Beeblossom


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image of Oenothera gaura, Biennial Gaura, Northeastern Gaura, Morning Honeysuckle, Biennial Beeblossom

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gabi2_001_lvd

        

image of Oenothera gaura, Biennial Gaura, Northeastern Gaura, Morning Honeysuckle, Biennial Beeblossom

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_gaura_biennis_10

August    Wilkes County    NC

Flowers are borne on wand-like, 1-8" spikes. Buds are less than 0.8" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Oenothera gaura, Biennial Gaura, Northeastern Gaura, Morning Honeysuckle, Biennial Beeblossom

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_gaura_biennis_10b

August    Wilkes County    NC

4 clawed petals, 8 conspicuous stamens, a style with a 4-lobed stigma, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Oenothera gaura, Biennial Gaura, Northeastern Gaura, Morning Honeysuckle, Biennial Beeblossom

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_gaura_biennis_11

August    Wilkes County    NC

A tall plant (5'+) with long branched spikes bearing many small flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oenothera gaura   FAMILY Onagraceae

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 137-04-004:
Gaura biennis   FAMILY Onagraceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

593

Forb
Winter annual/Biennial

Habitat: barrens, glades, woodlands, roadsides, streambanks, fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White to pink
4 petals
8 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Indehiscent capsule

 

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