Monday, September 13, 2010

Plant of the Week

Small-flowered gaura
Gaura parviflora Dougl.
other common names: velvet gaura
Gaura: from Greek, meaning “superb”
Parviflora: from Latin, meaning “small flower”
Evening primrose family: Onagraceae

Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition

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