Allionia choisyi Standley. Common name: Garapatilla, Trailing Four-o'clock. Habitat: Sandy or gravelly soils. Distribution: TX west to s. UT, south through NM and AZ, Mexico, Central America, South America, and West Indies.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA4, K4, Mex, Tx; > Allionia choisyi Standl.; > Allionia incarnata L. var. glabra Choisy. Basionym: Allionia choisyi Standl. 1931 "Urbasionym:" Allionia incarnata L. var. glabra Choisy 1849
Links to other floras: = Allionia choisyi - FNA4
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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