Mirabilis laevis var. villosa (Kellogg) Spellenb.

Wishbone-bush (en)

Variety

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Nyctaginaceae > Mirabilis > Mirabilis laevis

Characteristics

Stems few-many, when few often sprawling, when many often forming dense clumps, moderately to densely villous or viscid-villous, increasingly dense and viscid distally. Leaf blades 0.5-4 × 1-3.7 cm. Inflorescences cymose, usually broad; branches ± equal throughout; involucres 5-7 mm; bracts 60-70% connate, lobes ovate-triangular or ovate-oblong, base often 70-100% of height, apex obtuse or acute. Flowers: perianth usually white, sometimes pink or magenta or tinged with pink at base. Fruits gray-brown, dark charcoal brown, or olive, often dark mottled, often faintly marked with 10 paler longitudinal lines, ellipsoid, obovoid, or almost spheric, 4-6 × 2.4-4 mm. 2n = 60.
Life form perennial
Growth form
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 7 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
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Images

Mirabilis laevis var. villosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Mirabilis laevis var. villosa world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20001868-1
WFO ID wfo-0001257906
COL ID 5Q69Y
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Synonyms

Hesperonia bigelovii Mirabilis aspera Hesperonia aspera Mirabilis bigelovii var. aspera Mirabilis californica var. villosa Mirabilis californica var. aspera Mirabilis californica subsp. aspera Mirabilis laevis var. villosa Mirabilis laevis var. aspera