Mirabilis albida (Walter) Heimerl. Common name: Wild Four-o’clock, Pale Umbrella-wort, White Four-o’clock. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, limestone glades and barrens, prairies, pastures, adjacent disturbed dry soils. Distribution: S. South Carolina south to Georgia, west to Texas, north in the interior to c. Tennessee, Iowa, and Kansas; Mexico, Central America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA4, GrPl, Mex, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NSProv, NY, POWO, RAB, Tn, Bogle (1974); = Allionia albida Walter — S, S13; = n/a — Pa; = Oxybaphus albidus (Walter) Sweet — G; > Allionia bracteata Rydberg; > Allionia bracteosa Rydberg — S13, misspelled; > Allionia lanceolata Rydberg — S13; > Allionia oblongifolia (A.Gray) Standl. — S13; > Allionia pilosa (Nutt.) Rydb. — S13; > Mirabilis aggregata (Ortega) Cav. — Tx, misapplied; > Mirabilis albida (Walter) Heimerl — F, Il, K1, K4, NE, NS, Tx; > Mirabilis ciliata (Standl.) Standl. — NS; > Mirabilis coahuilensis (Standl.) Standl. — NS; > Mirabilis comata (Small) Standl. — K1, K4; > Mirabilis dumetorum Shinners — NS; > Mirabilis eutricha Shinners — NS; > Mirabilis grayana (Standl.) Standl. — NS; > Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill. — F, Il, NE, NS; > Mirabilis oblongifolia (A. Gray) Heimerl — NS; > Mirabilis pauciflora (Buckley) Standl. — Tx; > Mirabilis pseudaggregata Heimerl; > Mirabilis pseudoaggregata — NS; > Mirabilis pumila (Standl.) Standl. — NS. Basionym: Allionia albida Walter 1788
Links to other floras: = Mirabilis albida - FNA4
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