Mirabilis longiflora
Mirabilis longiflora | |
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long tubular flowers | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
Genus: | Mirabilis |
Species: | M. longiflora
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Binomial name | |
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.
References[]
- ^ "Mirabilis longiflora". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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Categories:
- Mirabilis (plant)
- Night-blooming plants
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Caryophyllales stubs