Gaura parviflora Douglas ex Lehm.

Ada Hayden Herbarium
Iowa State University
Flora of Iowa
Gaura parviflora Douglas
Guthrie County: T79N R30W Section 27 NE4 SW4 NW4 SW4
UTM (15T, NAD27): 388695 East, 4608287 North
A roadside prairie planting northeast of County Road P28 is approximately 7.5
miles north of Stuart and on the Southern Iowa Drift Plain. Gaura parviflora is
infrequent on a southwest-facing, moderate slope above a ditch next to the
road. It was probably accidently introduced with the prairie planting. There is a
lot of bare soil between individual Gaura parviflora genets and they have 1 to 5
ramets. The genets are in bud, bloom or have fruits. The corollas are white.
Gaura parviflora is associated with Bouteloua curtioendula. Chamaecrista
fasciculata. Elvmus canadensis. Phleum pratense and Schizachvrium
scoparium.
Mark J. Leoschke 2348
September 1,2002
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