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Common names
  • Longflower Beeblossom
  • Large-Flowered Gaura
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Oenothera filiformis
  • Synonym: Gaura longiflora

Photo Gallery
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2022-03-17
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: 2019-09-29
Distinguishing feature of O. filiformis: Curled hairs lying again
Location: Louisiana
public domain photo by Larry Allain, U.S. Geological Survey: http
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2017-07-31
low-light photo of night-blooming plant
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2017-07-04
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: 2019-08-31
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2017-07-22
this plant got to be nearly 6' tall
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2017-07-04
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: 2019-09-06
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2017-07-22
wilted blooms of night-blooming plant by daylight
Plant Events from our members
MrsBinWY On June 20, 2018 Transplanted
On 6-20-2018, planted 2 in the alley, near the ash pit. They bloomed spectacularly in 2019 then died. Self-sown seedlings came up like mad in 2020 (one bloomed as a small plant) and bloomed in 2021 then died. Makes me wonder if these really are O. filiformis.
MrsBinWY On June 6, 2018 Potted up
2
MrsBinWY On January 21, 2018 Seeds sown
WS 16 seeds from wildflowers
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