. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 3. Gaura biennis L. Biennial Gaura. Fig. 3070. Gaura biennis L. Sp. PI. 347- I753- Erect, much branched, villous or downy- pubescent. 2°-5° high. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate at each end, pubescent or finally glabrate above, remotely denticulate, 2'-4' long, 2"-$" wide: spikes slender; flowers sessile, white, turning pink, 4"-5&qu
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 3. Gaura biennis L. Biennial Gaura. Fig. 3070. Gaura biennis L. Sp. PI. 347- I753- Erect, much branched, villous or downy- pubescent. 2°-5° high. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate at each end, pubescent or finally glabrate above, remotely denticulate, 2'-4' long, 2"-$" wide: spikes slender; flowers sessile, white, turning pink, 4"-5" broad; fruit sessile, narrowed at each end, 4-ribbed, villous-pubescent, 3"-4" long. In dry soil, Quebec and Ontario to Minnesota, Con- necticut, Georgia, Nebraska and Arkansas. Ascends to 2200 ft. in Virginia. July-Sept. Western races are shorter-pubescent and thicker- leaved than eastern, and have been separated as a species, Gaura Pilcheri (T. & G.) Small. Gaura Michduxii Spach (G. filifes Spach^ admitted first edition as recorded from Virginia to 4. Gaura sinuata Nutt. Wavy-leaved Gaura. Fig. 3071. Caura siniiala Nutt.; Ser. in DC. Prodr. 3: 44- 1828. Perennial, erect or decumbent, glabrous, or rarely sparingly villous. Stem branched at the base or throughout, i°-3° tall, usu- ally naked above: leaves oblanceolate to lanceolate, or nearly linear, sinuate-toothed, 1-3' long, acute, on winged petioles or nearly sessile: calyx slightly pubescent, its tube above the ovary fnnnelform, i"-2" long, several times shorter than the linear segments: petals oblong-obovatc,4"-5"1ong; stamens shorter than the petals: fruit about 7" long, glabrous, 4-ridged and 4-grooved above the stout club-shaped pedicel. In dry soil. Kansas to .Arkansas and Texas. Wild honeysuckle. May-July.
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