OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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



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).

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

 

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