Mirabilis jalapa
Mirabilis macfarlanei
four o'clock, four o'clock flower, four o'clock umbrella-wort, marvel of peru, wishbone bush
Macfarlane's four-o'clock
6–10 dm.
spreading;
petioles of proximal leaves 1–2.5 cm;
blades of midstem leaves suborbiculate to widely ovate, 3.5–5 × 3–5 cm, base obtuse to cordate, symmetric, apex obtuse to rounded, rarely acute.
peduncle 4–25 mm;
involucres erect or ascending, 13–23 mm;
bracts 5, 50% connate, 15–20 mm, apex acute to widely ovate.
6 per involucre;
perianth magenta, funnelform, 1.5–2.5 cm.
light brown, with 10 slender ribs visible when wet, widely obovoid to ellipsoid, 6–7.5 mm, tuberculate, glabrous or very sparsely puberulent, secreting mucilage most abundantly on ribs when wetted.
Mirabilis jalapa
Mirabilis macfarlanei
Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Of conservation concern.
Mirabilis macfarlanei is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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