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Bilateral Symmetry - Gaura

Onagraceae - Evening-Primrose family
Scarlet Gaura (Scarlet Beeblossom) Gaura coccinea
Flower about 3/4" wide and grow in clusters up the stem. Flowers are white then turn pink during the day and fade to red. There is usually a "tail" of unopened flowers at the top. The dainty grass-like plants are 1-2 feet tall.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April & August 2004
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Callahan, Coleman, Brown)

Plant: Clumping from a branching woody base, 8"-20" tall.
Blooms: April-June
Flower: White petals withering to rose or maroon, about 5/8" long. 4 sepals.
Leaves: 1/4"-2 5/8" long, linear to narrowly elliptic, entire or having coarse teeth.
Fruits: Narrow, about 5/8" long, abruptly constricted to a thick cylindrical stalk. Fruit coved in short hairs.

Onagraceae - Evening-Primrose family
Kisses Gaura suffulta
Often mistaken for Gaura odorata
Each flower about 1/4" long at the end of spikes. Seed pods are about 1/4" long. Reclining limbs are 8"-12" long.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, May 2004, May 2005, May 2006
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Shackelford, Coleman, Brown, Coke)

Plant: Winter annual. Stems erect or with reclined bases, 10"-4 feet tall. Covered in long soft hairs.
Blooms: February-May (June)
Flower: White petals withering to rose, 3/8"-5/8" long. Flower stalk is hairless except for a few long hairs near the base. Red anthers.
Leaves: entire, toothed, or lobed; up to 3 3/4" long, up to 1" wide.
Fruits: Ellipsoidal (broad near middle), 3/16"-5/16" long. Wings with conspicuous furrows between.

Onagraceae - Evening-Primrose family
? Common Name **zr 6** Scientific name
Each flower about 1" long on 6"-8" spikes. Plant limbs are about 2 feet long.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004
(Native of ?)

Onagraceae - Evening-Primrose family
? Common Name **zr 7** Scientific name
Flower about 3/4" wide and grow in thick clusters up the stem. These flowers are pink. The grass-like plants are 3-4 feet tall. There is usually a "tail" of unopened flowers at the top.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004
(Native of ?)

Velvetweed, Gaura mollis, Oenothera curtiflora (1)

Velvetweed, Gaura mollis, Oenothera curtiflora (19)

Velvetweed, Gaura mollis, Oenothera curtiflora (7)

Velvetweed, Gaura mollis, Oenothera curtiflora (10)

Velvetweed, Gaura mollis, Oenothera curtiflora (21)

Velvetweed, Gaura mollis, Oenothera curtiflora (13)

Velvetweed, Gaura mollis, Oenothera curtiflora (22)

Velvetweed, Gaura mollis, Oenothera curtiflora (18)

Velvetweed, Gaura mollis, Oenothera curtiflora (17)

Velvetweed, Gaura mollis, Oenothera curtiflora (12)

Velvetweed, Gaura mollis, Oenothera curtiflora (11)

Onagraceae - Evening-Primrose family
Velvetweed (Lizardtail, Small Flower Gaura) Gaura mollis or Oenothera curtiflora (Gaura parviflora)
The official sites disagree on the scientific name for this plant.
The grass-like plants are about 6 feet tall. Each flower about 1/4" wide.; The flower spike is about/ 12" long. Leaves are up to 1 1/2" long. Flowers open at night or before dawn.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, June-July 2005
(Native of Texas, Taylor, Coleman, Brown, Coke)

Plant: Stems erect, 4-6 feet tall but can get to 9 feet tall. Covered in soft hair.
Blooms: March-November
Flower: Tiny pink petals about 1/8" long. Flower tube (hypanthium) red. Apex flower stalk, 12" long, has tightly packed, small, buds.
Leaves: entire, lanceolate to oblanceolate, up to 1 1/2" long. Covered in soft hair.
Fruits: about 1/4" long, 4 sided, tapering to both ends.

Hunting Similar Species

Plains Beeblossom (Plains Gaura) Gaura brachycarpa
Similar to Coral Sage except form is a spike instead of a bush. Flower color red, pink, and white.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Brown)

Plant: 2-3 feet tall. Stems covered in soft hair.
Blooms: March-May (June)
Flower: White flower turns pink. Petals 1/4"-1/2" long, usually 4 but rarely 3. Flower tube (hypanthium) 1/4"-1/2" long. Burgundy anthers, 4 lobed stigma. 4 sepals, 3/8"-5/8" long.
Leaves: 4 1/4" long, linear to narrowly oblanceolate. Covered in soft hair. Margin is wavy with small sharp teeth that do not direct forward.
Fruits: 3-4 angled, 3/16"-3/8" long. Near the base, the fruit has two ear-like lobes that hug the stem (auriculate).

Texas Beeblossom Gaura calcicola
(Native of Texas - Coleman)

Plant: Clumping from a branching woody base, 12"-32" tall. Inconspicuously covered in dense, soft hairs.
Blooms: April-June
Flower: (color?) Petals about 1/4" long. Apex flower stalk has well spaced, small, slender buds.
Leaves: 3/8"-4 5/8" long, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, entire or having small teeth.
Fruits: Narrow, about 1/2" long with slender stalk, up to 3/16" long.

Sweet Gaura (Drummond's Beeblossom) Gaura drummondii
Often mistaken for Gaura odorata
(Native of Texas - Shackelford, Callahan, Brown)

Plant: Spreading aggressively by rhizomes, many stems, 8"-36" tall.
Blooms: April-October
Flower: Pink to red petals (rarely white), 1/4"-1/2" long.
Leaves: Narrowly lanceolate to elliptic, 1/4"-3" long, up to 7/8" wide.
Fruits: Wide, 1/4"-1/2" long. No, or almost no, hair on fruit.

Wavy-leaf Beeblossom (Wavy-leaf Gaura) Gaura sinuata
Often mistaken for Gaura odorata. Mat forming up to 2 feet long
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Shackelford, Coleman, Brown, Runnels, Coke)

Plant: Brittle stems that form mats, spreads by rhizomes. No, or almost no, hair on stems.
Blooms: April-October
Flower: Pink to red petals or white, 1/4"-1/2" long. Inflorescence is a simple or open panicle on a long naked peduncle, up to 8" tall, with a basal whorl of leafy branches. Buds are tight against the stalk and hairy.
Leaves: Linear to narrowly oblanceolate, up to 4 1/4" long, up to 3/4" wide. Margin is wavy with irregular, sharp teeth
Fruits: Narrow, 1/4"-5/8" long, a little longer then the stem

Prairie Beeblossom Gaura triangulata (Gaura hexandra var. triangulata, Gaura tripetala var. triangulata)
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Jones, Callahan, Coleman)

Plant: Erect and slender 6"-24" tall.
Blooms: March-June
Flower: (color?) Petals about 1/4" long. Flower tube (hypanthium) 1/4" long.
Leaves: 5/8"-3 1/8" long, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate.
Fruits: wide, 3/8" long with no stalk.

Wooly Beeblossom Gaura villosa
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coke )

Plant: stems fuzzy
Blooms:
Flower: white with yellow anthers
Leaves: fuzzy gray, tightly packed near the base
Fruits:

Also see:
False Gaura Plume Dalea

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