Oenothera simulans (Small) W.L. Wagner & Hoch. Common name: Southeastern Gaura, Southern Bee-blossom. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other open woodlands, sandy fields, roadsides, primarily in the outer Coastal Plain. Distribution: E. NC (Dare County) south to s. FL, west to e. TX, endemic to the Coastal Plain.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl4, FNA10, K4, Mo3, Wagner, Hoch, & Raven (2007); = Gaura angustifolia Michx. — Bah, Q, RAB, S, S13, WH3; > Gaura angustifolia Michx. var. angustifolia — Munz (1965); > Gaura angustifolia Michx. var. eatonii (Small) Munz — Munz (1938); > Gaura angustifolia Michx. var. simulans (Small) Munz — Munz (1938); > Gaura angustifolia Michx. var. strigosa Munz — Munz (1938); > Gaura angustifolia Michx. var. typica Munz — Munz (1938); Gaura simulans Small. Basionym: Gaura simulans Small 1905
Links to other floras: = Oenothera simulans - FNA10
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to ascending annual found in open woodlands, sandy fields and roadsides, primarily in the outer Coastal Plain.
Stems: Stems slender, widely branched, stiff-hairy.
Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, sessile and sometimes in clusters, lance-shaped, to 3 in. long (reduced upward), with a few vague teeth, smooth or stiff-hairy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in branched terminal spikes, white (aging to pink), consisting of 3-4 oblong-oval to spoon-shaped petals that tend to cluster at one side of the flower, giving it a bilaterally symmetric look; 4 reddish-pink sepals are severely swept backward.
Fruits: Fruit a sessile, sharply 3- or 4-angled, oval pod.
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Height: 3-5 ft.
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description: Erect to ascending annual found in open woodlands, sandy fields and roadsides, primarily in the outer Coastal Plain.
stems: Stems slender, widely branched, stiff-hairy.
leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, sessile and sometimes in clusters, lance-shaped, to 3 in. long (reduced upward), with a few vague teeth, smooth or stiff-hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in branched terminal spikes, white (aging to pink), consisting of 3-4 oblong-oval to spoon-shaped petals that tend to cluster at one side of the flower, giving it a bilaterally symmetric look; 4 reddish-pink sepals are severely swept backward.
fruits: Fruit a sessile, sharply 3- or 4-angled, oval pod.
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