Mirabilis greenei S.Watson

Greene's four o'clock (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Nyctaginaceae > Mirabilis

Characteristics

Herbs, forming hemispheric clumps 6-8 dm diam., glabrous to sparsely puberulent. Stems 4-8 dm. Leaves spreading; petioles of proximal leaves 1-2.7 cm; blades of midstem leaves widely elliptic to ovate, 3-8-5 × 3-5.5 cm, base obtuse, often asymmetric, apex acute or acuminate. Involucres: peduncle 25-85 mm; involucres erect or ascending, 26-40 mm; bracts 5, 50% connate, apex acute to widely ovate. Flowers 6(-16) per involucre; perianth magenta, funnelform, 4-5 cm. Fruits light brown, with 5 blunt angles and 10 slender ribs visible when wet, widely obovoid to widely ellipsoid, 7-7.5 mm, tuberculate, glabrous or very sparsely puberulent, secreting mucilage most abundantly on ribs when wetted. 2n = 66.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 0.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Pediatric Aid (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 7 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Mirabilis greenei world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162587-2
WFO ID wfo-0001086688
COL ID 43LGQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Mirabilis greenei