Mirabilis_tenuiloba

<i>Mirabilis tenuiloba</i>

Mirabilis tenuiloba

Species of flowering plant

Mirabilis tenuiloba common names longlobe four o'clock[1] or maravilla, is a plant species native to the south-western United States and north-eastern Mexico. It has been reported from Baja California, Baja California Sur, southern California (Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial Counties) and Arizona (Pima and Yuma Counties).[2][3]

Quick Facts Mirabilis tenuiloba, Scientific classification ...

Mirabilis tenuiloba is a perennial herb up to 100 cm tall, usually with many glandular hairs. Leaves are broadly egg-shaped, up to 8 cm long and 12 cm across. Flowers are trumpet-shaped or bell-shaped, white or pale pink, up to 18 mm long. Fruits are egg-shaped, dark red-brown, up to 6 mm long.[2][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. [1]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Mirabilis tenuiloba". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. [2]
    Flora of North America v 4 p 49, Mirabilis tenuiloba
  3. [3]
    Biota of North America Project, Floristic Synthesis, Mirabilis tenuiloba
  4. [4]
    Watson, Sereno. 1882. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 17: 375.
  5. [5]
    Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1909. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12(8): 363.
  6. [6]
    Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
  7. [7]
    Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
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