Velvet-leaved Gaura - Gaura parviflora
Other Names:
Gaura mollis, Oenothera curtiflora
Taprooted, single-stemmed annual. Stems erect, 30–80 cm, branched above. Herbage glandular, villous. Leaves lanceolate, 3–11 cm long, weakly dentate. Spikes 10–30 cm long. Flowers slightly irregular; hypanthium 2–4 mm long; sepals 1–3 mm long; petals 1–3 mm long. Capsule mostly glabrous, 5–8 mm long, 4-angled, rounded between the angles (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Wagner et al. (2007, Syst. Bot. Monogr. Vol. 83) treat this as
Oenothera curtiflora W.L. Wagner & Hoch.
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus pensylvanicus and
Bombus impatiens (Colla and Dumesh 2010).