Oenothera curtiflora
(Velvetweed)
Oenothera curtiflora, Goose Island State Park, Aransas Co. 5457
Oenothera curtiflora, Lake Somerville State Park, Birch Creek, Burleson Co. 9134
Oenothera curtiflora, Lake Somerville State Park, Birch Creek, Burleson Co. 9116
Oenothera curtiflora, Hot Springs-Rio Grande Village Trail, Big Bend National Park 6160
Oenothera curtiflora, Along FM97 east of Flomot, Floyd Co. 8445
Oenothera curtiflora, Hot Springs-Rio Grande Village Trail, Big Bend National Park 6159
Oenothera curtiflora, Hot Springs-Rio Grande Village Trail, Big Bend National Park 6162
Oenothera curtiflora, Lake Somerville State Park, Birch Creek, Burleson Co. 9121
| Scientific Name | Oenothera curtiflora (Gaura parviflora) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | OECU2 |
| Common Name | Velvetweed, Velvet Butterfly-weed | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 836004 |
| Family | Onagraceae (Evening Primrose) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Various soil types; dry rocky hillsides, pastures, old fields, open woodlands, waste areas, roadsides and streamsides. Plant: Erect, annual; usually single-stemmed and unbranched below inflorescence; stems densely glandular-hairy. Leaves: Alternate, ovate-lanceolate, 1 to 5 inches long, 1/4 to 1-3/4 inches wide, sessile; pubescent hairs; wavy margins and tips tapering to points. Inflorescence: Densely-flowered terminal spike 2 to 20 inches long; small flowers with hairy lanceolate to linear bracts up to 1/4 inch long; 4 sepals, smooth or minutely pubescent, bent abruptly downward; 4 short, pink to rose petals 1/8-inch long; 8 stamens, anthers yellow or reddish; stigma with 4 short, yellowish lobes. Bloom Period: March to August. References: Gaura parviflora in "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston; Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses, and SEINet. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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