Oenothera filipes (Spach) W.L. Wagner & Hoch. Common name: Threadstalk Gaura. Phenology: Apr-Sep (-Oct). Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, barrens, prairies, sandy fields, disturbed areas, and clearings. Distribution: SC west to n. TN and s. IN, south to ne. FL and e. and w. LA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl4, FNA10, K4, Wagner, Hoch, & Raven (2007); = Gaura filipes Spach — C, G, Il, Q, RAB, Tn, W, WH3; = Gaura michauxii Spach — S, S13; > Gaura filipes Spach var. filipes — F, Munz (1965); > Gaura filipes Spach var. major Torr. & A.Gray — F, Munz (1965). Basionym: Gaura filipes Spach 1836
Links to other floras: = Oenothera filipes - FNA10
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect-ascending perennial found in sandy fields, disturbed areas and clearings.
Stems: Stems slender, branched above, reddish, leafy below and hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, linear to lance-shaped and tapered at both ends, to 2 1/2 in. long, toothed or wavy-margined.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in elongated terminal racemes; white (aging to pink); about 1/2 in. wide; consisting of 4 spoon-shaped petals, 4 green or pink-tinged strongly reflexed sepals, 8 prominent stamens and a style with cross-shaped stigma.
Fruits:
Comments: Flowers open in evening, wither by morning.
Height: to 5 ft.
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description: Erect-ascending perennial found in sandy fields, disturbed areas and clearings.
stems: Stems slender, branched above, reddish, leafy below and hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, linear to lance-shaped and tapered at both ends, to 2 1/2 in. long, toothed or wavy-margined.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in elongated terminal racemes; white (aging to pink); about 1/2 in. wide; consisting of 4 spoon-shaped petals, 4 green or pink-tinged strongly reflexed sepals, 8 prominent stamens and a style with cross-shaped stigma.
fruits:
comments: Flowers open in evening, wither by morning.
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