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]

Mirabilis tenuiloba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Mirabilis
Species:
M. tenuiloba
Binomial name
Mirabilis tenuiloba
Synonyms

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

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  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Mirabilis tenuiloba​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b Flora of North America v 4 p 49, Mirabilis tenuiloba
  3. ^ Biota of North America Project, Floristic Synthesis, Mirabilis tenuiloba
  4. ^ Watson, Sereno. 1882. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 17: 375.
  5. ^ Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1909. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12(8): 363.
  6. ^ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
  7. ^ Hickman, J. C. 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.