Mirabilis tenuiloba common names longlobe four o'clock[1] or maravilla, is a plant species native to the south-western United States and north-eastern Mexico. It has been reported from Baja California, Baja California Sur, southern California (Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial Counties) and Arizona (Pima and Yuma Counties).[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Genus: | Mirabilis |
| Species: | M. tenuiloba
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Hesperonia tenuiloba (S. Watson) Standl. | |
Mirabilis tenuiloba is a perennial herb up to 100 cm tall, usually with many glandular hairs. Leaves are broadly egg-shaped, up to 8 cm long and 12 cm across. Flowers are trumpet-shaped or bell-shaped, white or pale pink, up to 18 mm long. Fruits are egg-shaped, dark red-brown, up to 6 mm long.[2][4][5][6][7]
References
edit- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Mirabilis tenuiloba". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 4 p 49, Mirabilis tenuiloba
- ^ Biota of North America Project, Floristic Synthesis, Mirabilis tenuiloba
- ^ Watson, Sereno. 1882. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 17: 375.
- ^ Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1909. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12(8): 363.
- ^ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
- ^ Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
