Plant Name
Scientific Name: Gaura hexandra
Common Names: Harlequinbush, Harlequin-bush
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Herb/Forb
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Upland. It grows in grassy areas and can be difficult to spot unless it is blooming.
Flower Color: Pink
Flowering Season: Summer
Height: To 39 inches (1 m) tall
Description: The small flowers are on tall, slender flower spikes. The individual flowers have 3 or 4 bright pink, often twisted petals, 3 or 4 pinkish, reflexed sepals, and an elongated pistil. The leaves are green, hairy, alternate, sessile, and linear to lanceolate in shape.
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae – Evening Primrose family
Genus: Gaura L. – beeblossom
Species: Gaura hexandra Ortega – harlequinbush
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