Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Pink ), 1 by htop

htop wrote:
Drummond's Gaura (Gaura drummondii), Onagraceae Family, native, perennial, blooms April through October

Drummond's Gaura (Gaura drummondii) is also known as sweet gaura and scented gaura. It spreads by rhizomes and is 8" to 36" tall by 2 feet wide. Sweet gaura is multi-branched at the base and its one to three inches long leaves are narrow (up to 7/8 inch wide) and lanceolate to elliptic in shape. Its stem typically has hairs, but not always. Its 6-10 mm long flower petals are white and fade to pink or reddish-pink. It blooms in the late afternoon or evening and the blooms stay open through the next morning. It is pollinated by small moths and butterflies. It has erect, reddish-brown, 7-13 mm long, 4-sided (4-ridged, furrowed between the ridges), nut-like fruit that do not open to release seeds. They are ovoid in shape. The fruit contains 2 to 8 seeds. The seeds must be surface sown. It genarally is not considered a serious noxious weed.

Distribution:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=Texas&statefip...

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/32108/index.html

The blooms usually open white or very pale pink and fade to a darker color. These blooms have closed.