PLANTS Profile for Mirabilis laevis var. laevis (desert wishbone-bush)

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PLANTS Profile

Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. laevis
desert wishbone-bush

Symbol:

MILAL3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Nyctaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. laevis

Mirabilis californica

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Los Angeles Co., Catalina Island. May 2, 2003. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. laevis

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Synonyms:
Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. laevis

MICA6	Mirabilis californica A. Gray	California four o'clock
MICAC3	Mirabilis californica A. Gray var. californica	California four o'clock
OXLA10	Oxybaphus laevis Benth.
QULA4	Quamoclidion laevis (Benth.) Rydb.

Distribution:
Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. laevis


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. laevis

View 16 genera in Nyctaginaceae, 29 species in Mirabilis, 5 varieties in Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran

Classification:
Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. laevis

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Nyctaginaceae – Four o'clock family
Genus	Mirabilis L. – four o'clock
Species	Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran – desert wishbone-bush
Variety	Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. laevis – desert wishbone-bush

More Accounts and Images:
Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. laevis

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 02:08 PM CDT