PLANTS Profile for Mirabilis linearis (narrowleaf four o'clock)

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PLANTS Profile

Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl
narrowleaf four o'clock

Symbol:

MILI3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Nyctaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl

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Synonyms:
Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl

ALDE4	Allionia decumbens (Nutt.) Spreng.
ALGA	Allionia gausapoides Standl.
ALLI3	Allionia linearis Pursh
CADE25	Calymenia decumbens Nutt.
MIDE6	Mirabilis decumbens (Nutt.) Daniels
MIDI5	Mirabilis diffusa (A. Heller) C.F. Reed
MIGA2	Mirabilis gausapoides (Standl.) Standl.
MIHIL	Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill. var. linearis (Pursh) B. Boivin
MILA7	Mirabilis lanceolata (Rydb.) Standl.
MILIL	Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl var. linearis	four o'clock
MILIS	Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl var. subhispida Heimerl
OXAN	Oxybaphus angustifolius Sweet
OXDE5	Oxybaphus decumbens (Nutt.) Sweet
OXDI5	Oxybaphus diffusus (A. Heller) W.C. Martin & C.R. Hutchins
OXGA2	Oxybaphus gausapoides (Standl.) Standl.
OXLA7	Oxybaphus lanceolatus (Rydb.) Standl.
OXLI	Oxybaphus linearis (Pursh) B.L. Rob.
OXLIS	Oxybaphus linearis (Pursh) B.L. Rob. var. subhispidus (Heimerl) Dayton

Distribution:
Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl


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USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, UT, WI, WY), CAN (AB, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl

View 16 genera in Nyctaginaceae, 29 species in Mirabilis

Classification:
Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl

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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 linearis (Pursh) Heimerl – narrowleaf four o'clock

More Accounts and Images:
Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19651.

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).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 01:53 AM CDT