Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Oenothera filiformis
Oenothera filiformis (Small) W.L. Wagner & Hoch
Longflower Beeblossom, Longflower Gaura, Large-flowered Gaura, Kearney Gaura, Tall Gaura
Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)
USDA Symbol: OEFI2USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Oenothera filiformis
Kearney Gaura
Onagraceae
Location: SE corner of crossing of Austin hwy & Salado Creek, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Sunny, SE facing, caliche slope. Among Poaceae and other herbs. Many.
Description: Erect, 40 cm tall, single stalk annual. Fruit sub-sessile, thick, fusiform, not abruptly constricted, 4 mm long, 4-angled. Flowers 4-merous; petals 6 cm long. Sepals 8 cm long, w/appressed fubesence.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Mar 12, 1994
Specimen number: 537
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0820
Accession Date: Jun 29, 1994
Accession Number: 61
Annotations: SCFRB (In flower & fruit) [=G. filaformis]