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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Onagraceae
Gaura biennis L.
biennial bee-blossom, biennial gaura
Gaura: from the Greek gauros, "proud," from the showy flowers of some ssp.
biennis: biennial, completing the life cycle in two growing seasons, usually blooming and fruiting in the second
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual/biennial, 3'-6' tall forb, coarse, often hairy, branched at the top |
| Flower: | pink to red, 4-parted, 1/2"-1 1/4" wide, petals all from one side of the flower; inflorescence with many flowers on several spikes; blooms Aug.-Sept. |
| Fruit: | 4-sided, stalkless |
| Leaf: | lance-like to oblong, alternate |
| Habitat: | sun; dry; prairies, woods, shores |
| (Glossary) |
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