PLANTS Profile for Nyctaginia capitata (devil's bouquet)

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PLANTS Profile

Nyctaginia capitata Choisy
devil's bouquet

Symbol:

NYCA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Nyctaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

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Nyctaginia capitata Choisy

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Native Status:
Nyctaginia capitata Choisy


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Nyctaginia capitata Choisy

View 16 genera in Nyctaginaceae, 1 species in Nyctaginia

Classification:
Nyctaginia capitata Choisy

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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	Nyctaginia Choisy – nyctaginia
Species	Nyctaginia capitata Choisy – devil's bouquet

More Accounts and Images:
Nyctaginia capitata Choisy

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 19602.

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

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 09:15 AM CDT