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Long-flowered gaura DSCN1649
Large-flowered guara
Stems: Erect, slender, usually single, much-branched above, densely hairy, sometimes glandular sticky.
Leaves: Alternate, simple, sessile, broadly lanceolate to elliptic, 1 to 5 inches long, to 1 inch wide, nearly glabrous or finely hairy; margins entire to slightly toothed; tips tapering-pointed; often clusters of small leaves in axils of principal leaves.
Inflorescences: Spikes, long, slender, hairy, terminal.
Flowers: Showy, sessile, about 1 inch long; sepals 4, to 3/5 inch long, reddish, appressed- or glandular-hairy, bent downward; petals 4, up to 3/5 inch long, white, fading pinkish, long-clawed; stamens 8, anthers red or yellow; style threadlike, stigma 4-lobed, extending past anthers.
Fruits: Capsules, nutlike, up to 1/4 inch long, 4-angled; seeds 2-4, yellowish to rust colored.
Habitat: Dry, rocky prairies, open disturbed areas, roadsides, and waste places.
Distribution: East 1/2 of Kansas.
Comments: Large-flowered gaura has a winter rosette of leaves 2 to 12 inches across that withers by late spring.
www.kswildflower.org/details.php?flowerID=246
Long-flowered gaura DSCN1649
Large-flowered guara
Stems: Erect, slender, usually single, much-branched above, densely hairy, sometimes glandular sticky.
Leaves: Alternate, simple, sessile, broadly lanceolate to elliptic, 1 to 5 inches long, to 1 inch wide, nearly glabrous or finely hairy; margins entire to slightly toothed; tips tapering-pointed; often clusters of small leaves in axils of principal leaves.
Inflorescences: Spikes, long, slender, hairy, terminal.
Flowers: Showy, sessile, about 1 inch long; sepals 4, to 3/5 inch long, reddish, appressed- or glandular-hairy, bent downward; petals 4, up to 3/5 inch long, white, fading pinkish, long-clawed; stamens 8, anthers red or yellow; style threadlike, stigma 4-lobed, extending past anthers.
Fruits: Capsules, nutlike, up to 1/4 inch long, 4-angled; seeds 2-4, yellowish to rust colored.
Habitat: Dry, rocky prairies, open disturbed areas, roadsides, and waste places.
Distribution: East 1/2 of Kansas.
Comments: Large-flowered gaura has a winter rosette of leaves 2 to 12 inches across that withers by late spring.
www.kswildflower.org/details.php?flowerID=246