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Nyctaginaceae
Mirabilis

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. SC south to GA, west to TX, north in the interior to c. TN, IA, and KS; Mexico, Central America.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA4, GrPl, Mex, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NY, RAB, Tn, Bogle (1974); = Allionia albida Walter — S, S13; = n/a — Pa; = Oxybaphus albidus (Walter) Sweet — G; > Allionia bracteata Rydb.; > Allionia bracteosa Rydb. — S13, misspelled; > Allionia lanceolata Rydb. — S13; > Allionia oblongifolia (A.Gray) Standl. — S13; > Allionia pilosa (Nutt.) Rydb. — S13; > Mirabilis aggregata (Ortega) Cav. — Tx, misapplied; > Mirabilis albida (Walter) Heimerl — F, Il, K4, NE, Tx; > Mirabilis comata (Small) Standl. — K4; > Mirabilis dumetorum Shinners; > Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill. — F, Il, NE; > Mirabilis pauciflora (Buckley) Standl. — Tx. Basionym: Allionia albida Walter 1788

Links to other floras: = Mirabilis albida - FNA4

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