NameThatPlant.net: Mirabilis jalapa var. jalapa

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mirabilis jalapa var. jalapa FAMILY Nyctaginaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Read more about Garden Four-o'clock at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mirabilis jalapa FAMILY Nyctaginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Mirabilis jalapa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Mirabilis jalapa var. jalapa

INCLUDING Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)

Mirabilis japala

INCLUDING Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)

Mirabilis lindheimeri

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 067-01-001:

Mirabilis jalapa FAMILY Nyctaginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Mirabilis jalapa

COMMON NAME:
Garden Four-o'clock, Marvel-of-Peru, Morning-rose

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image of Mirabilis jalapa var. jalapa, Garden Four-o'clock, Marvel-of-Peru, Morning-rose

Stephanie C. Brundage scb_081716hayesvillenc_07

August Clay County NC

Leaves rhombic to rhombic-elliptic, 5-12cm long, slightly acuminate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

Stephanie C. Brundage scb_081716hayesvillenc_08

August Clay County NC

Petaloid calyx w a narrow tube 3-4cm long, the spreading portion to 5cm diam, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mirabilis jalapa var. jalapa FAMILY Nyctaginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mirabilis jalapa FAMILY Nyctaginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Mirabilis jalapa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Mirabilis jalapa var. jalapa

INCLUDING Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Mirabilis japala

INCLUDING Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Mirabilis lindheimeri

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 067-01-001:
Mirabilis jalapa FAMILY Nyctaginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mirabilis jalapa

3567

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, or persistent at former garden sites, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Tropical America

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 1-5cm long

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Red, pink, yellow, or white
5-lobed salverform, petaloid calyx subtended by 5-lobed calyx-like involucre
Petals absent
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in dichasial panicles

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

"Common names should be written in lower case unless part of the name is proper and then the first letter of only the proper term is capitalized. For example, sugar maple would be written with lower case letters while Japanese maple would be written with the capital J. This is the accepted method for writing common names in scientific circles and should be familiar to the student. In this text, and many others, common names are written with capital first letters. This was done to set the name off from the rest of the sentence and make it more evident to the reader. Actually in modern horticultural writings the capitalized common name predominates." — Michael Dirr, Manual of Woody Landscape Plants

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