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Gaura

Onagraceae - Evening-Primrose family

Scarlet Gaura (Scarlet Beeblossom, Willowherb Gaura, Smooth Gaura) 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, Eastland, 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

? Common Name **zr 1** Scientific name

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)

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 Texas)

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 Texas)

Onagraceae - Evening-Primrose family

Small Flower Gaura (Lizardtail Gaura, Velvetleaf Gaura, Downy Gaura) Gaura mollis (G. parviflora)

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)

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 Gaura (Plains Beeblossom) Gaura brachycarpa

(Native of Texas, Taylor, Shackelford, Brown, Eastland)

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).

Prairie Beeblossom Gaura triangulata (G. hexandra var. triangulata, G. tripetala var. triangulata)

(Native of Texas, Jones, Eastland)

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.

Texas Beeblossom Gaura calcicola

(Native of Texas, south west of here)

Plant: Clumping from a branching woody base, 12"-32" tall. Inconspicuously, but 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, Scented Gaura) Gaura drummondii

often mistaken for G. odorata

(Native of Texas, 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 Gaura (Wavy-leaf Beeblossom) Gaura sinuata

(Native of Texas, Taylor, Coke, Runnels, Coleman, Brown)

Plant: Brittle stems that fall forming mats, spreads by rhizomes, 8"-5 feet tall. 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 small sharp teeth that do not direct forward.

Fruits: Wide, 1/4"-5/8" long, tapering into a slender stem, 1/8"-5/16" long.

Wild Honeysuckle (Bee Blossom, Kisses) Gaura suffulta (G. odorata)

(Native of Texas, Coke, Brown, Shackelford)

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.

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.

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