Flora of North America species comparison

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Mirabilis tenuiloba

longlobe four o'clock, maravilla, slender-lobed four o'clock
Stems

decumbent to erect, usually forming leafy clumps, 3–10 dm, herbaceous or suffrutescent basally, usually glandular-viscid, more densely so distally.
Leaves

spreading or ascending;

petiole 0.1–2.2(–5) cm;

blade broadly deltate or ovate, 2–5(–8) × 1.7–7(–12) cm, fleshy to slightly succulent, base rounded to cordate, apex acute (rounded), glabrate to glandular-villous.
Inflorescences

usually thyrselike, often narrow;

involucres 7–16 mm, lobes narrowly lance-oblong, base 30–50% of height.
Flowers

1 per involucre;

perianth usually white (pale pink), 1.3–1.8 cm.
Fruits

dull reddish brown to almost black, rarely with 10 inconspicuous, paler lines, sometimes with several very shallow grooves, broadly ovoid, 4–6 mm, surfaces smooth or very slightly rugose.

Mirabilis tenuiloba
Phenology Flowering spring, occasionally other seasons.
Habitat Sands and rocks on slopes, cliffs, and canyon sides in open arid and semiarid areas
Elevation 0-400(-900) m (0-1300(-3000) ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur)
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 49.
Parent taxa Nyctaginaceae > Mirabilis > sect. Oxybaphoides
Sibling taxa
M. albida, M. alipes, M. austrotexana, M. coccinea, M. gigantea, M. glabra, M. greenei, M. jalapa, M. laevis, M. latifolia, M. linearis, M. longiflora, M. macfarlanei, M. melanotricha, M. multiflora, M. nyctaginea, M. oxybaphoides, M. pudica, M. rotundifolia, M. texensis
Synonyms Hesperonia tenuiloba
Name authority S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 375. (1882)
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