Gaura parviflora




Family Onagraceae
Tribe Onagreae
Scientific name Gaura parviflora Douglas ex Lehmann
Synonyms Gaura australis Grisebach; Gaura micrantha D. Dietrich; Gaura mollis James; Gaura mollis Nuttall ex Torrey; Gaura parviflora Douglas ex Lehmann forma glabra Munz; Gaura parviflora Douglas ex Lehmann forma lachnocarpa Weatherby; Gaura parviflora Douglas ex Lehmann var. lachnocarpa Weatherby; Gaura parviflora Douglas ex Lehmann var. typica Munz; Oenothera curtiflora W. L. Wagner & Hoch; Schizocarya micrantha Spach
Common name (Japanese common name) inu-yamamomo-sou (イヌヤマモモソウ, 犬山桃草 [meaning: false yamamomo-sou (yamamomo-sou = Gaura lindheimeri Engelmann & A. Gray)]), kobana-yamamomo-sou (コバナヤマモモソウ, 小花山桃草 [meaning: tiny flower yamamomo-sou])
(English common name) lizard-tail, small-flowered gaura, velvet-leaf gaura, velvety gaura, willow-gaura
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] USA, Mexico
Habitat Field
Chromosomal number 2n=14
Description Plants electing ca. 30-200cm tall. Leaves 2-12.5cm long, 0.5-4cm wide. Flowers pale purple ca. 2.5-4mm long, inflorescences 10-40cm long, flowering in April to September. Annual plants.
Reference Gaura parviflora Douglas ex Lehm.
Gaura parviflora Douglas ex Lehmann
Gaura parviflora Douglas ex Lehm.
Methods of creating dwarf phenotypes in plants (US Patent 20020194646)
Attractants for moths (US Patent 20050042316)
Note Naturalized plants (first collected at Tokyo in 1972).



July 2008
at Manzamou Point
in Okinawa
July 2008
at Manzamou Point
in Okinawa
July 2008
at Manzamou Point
in Okinawa



July 2008
at Manzamou Point
in Okinawa
July 2008
at Manzamou Point
in Okinawa