gaura
showy perennial with an upright to spreading habit — delicate, four-petaled white flowers, often tingeing pink, are arranged in elongated spikes
plant details
gaura
identification
latin name: Oenothera lindheimeri
usda code: OELI2
alternative name(s): White Gaura, Butterfly Gaura, Lindheimer’s Beeblossom, Lindheimer’s Gaura
classification
ecotopes class: sunny perennials + shrubs
ecological condition(s): sunny edge
size range: small – less than 3 ft
habit: herbaceous
leaf retention: deciduous
light requirement: full sun – part-sun
color signature: fall orange-ochre
native range
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