Mirabilis longiflora

Mirabilis longiflora, the sweet four o'clock,[1] is a species of flowering plant native to the southwestern United States from Arizona to Texas and northern Mexico. It is night-flowering. The flowers are mostly white, strongly scented, and long and narrow in form, approaching 17 centimeters in maximum length.

Mirabilis longiflora
long tubular flowers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Mirabilis
Species:
M. longiflora
Binomial name
Mirabilis longiflora

References

  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Mirabilis longiflora". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 13 July 2015.


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