| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyctaginaceae | Abronia | Sand-verbena |  (c) Wong, Michelle - CC-BY | ||
| Nyctaginaceae | Abronia ameliae | Amelia's Sand-verbena | Deep, loose sands. | Endemic to s. TX (South Texas Plains), especially in Brooks County. | (c) Wong, Michelle - CC-BY |
| Nyctaginaceae | Abronia macrocarpa | Large-fruit Sand-verbena | In clearings and post oak woodlands on deep Eocene (Carrizo) sand deposits. | Endemic to e. TX (Freestone, Leon, and Robertson counties). |  (c) Wrens, Sequoia Janirella - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Nyctaginaceae | Acleisanthes |  (c) Peden, David - CC0 | |||
| Nyctaginaceae | Acleisanthes anisophylla | Oblique-leaf Trumpets | Rocky, gravelly, or sandy soils in grasslands or shrublands. | Sc. and s. TX, Mexico (COA, NLE, TAM). |  (c) Wong, Michelle - CC-BY |
| Nyctaginaceae | Acleisanthes longiflora | Angel-trumpets, Yerba-de-la-Rabia | Sandy or rocky areas, roadsides. | TX, NM, AZ, and s. CA south to Mexico. |  (c) Wong, Michelle - CC-BY |
| Nyctaginaceae | Acleisanthes obtusa | Berlandier's Trumpets | Various soils, in grasslands, shrublands, and woodlands. | S. TX to s. Mexico. | (c) Peden, David - CC0 |
| Nyctaginaceae | Allionia | Allionia |  (c) Alexander, Cecelia - CC0 | ||
| Nyctaginaceae | Allionia choisyi | Garapatilla, Trailing Four-o'clock | Sandy or gravelly soils. | TX west to s. UT, south through NM and AZ, Mexico, Central America, South America, and West Indies. | (c) Alexander, Cecelia - CC0 |
| Nyctaginaceae | Allionia incarnata var. incarnata | Allionia, Pink Three-Flower, Pink Windmills | Open, sandy or gravelly areas. | Sc. and sw. United States south through Mexico and Central America to South America; also West Indies. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Nyctaginaceae | Boerhavia | Spiderling |  (c) Bradley, Keith | ||
| Nyctaginaceae | Boerhavia ciliata | Limestone and caliche in scrub. | Se. TX, TAM and SLP. |  (c) Knight, Eric - CC-BY | |
| Nyctaginaceae | Boerhavia coccinea | Wineflower | Beaches, shell middens, coastal strands (in FL), elsewhere in disturbed areas, adventive on ballast. | FL, West Indies; Central and South America. Contrary to the statement in Radford, Ahles, & Bell (1968) that this species is "apparently not established" [in the Carolinas], it is well established on the Wilmington (New Hanover County, NC) waterfront. |  (c) Carnahan, Sue - CC-BY |
| Nyctaginaceae | Boerhavia diffusa | Red Spiderling, Spreading Hogweed | Longleaf pine sandhills, vacant lots, road shoulders, other dry disturbed areas. | Pantropical and subtropical, in North America from se. NC south to s. FL, west to s. MS. | (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Nyctaginaceae | Boerhavia erecta | Erect Spiderling, Smooth Hogweed | Sandy fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, railroad yards. | NC south to FL, west to TX and AZ, likely only introduced in the northern portions of our area (see map). |  (c) Campos, Aidan |
| Nyctaginaceae | Boerhavia intermedia | Slender Spiderling | Dry grasslands and disturbed areas. | S. TX west to s. CA, south to n. Mexico. |  (c) Kibak, Henrik - CC-BY |
| Nyctaginaceae | Boerhavia linearifolia | Dry, calcareous scrub. | S. TX, c. TX, and se. NM south into Mexico (CHH, COA, NLE, VER). |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY | |
| Nyctaginaceae | Bougainvillea | Bougainvillea |  (c) Bradley, Keith | ||
| Nyctaginaceae | Bougainvillea ×buttiana | Bougainvillea, Paper-flower | Grown horticulturally, naturalizing and persisting. | Native of South America. |  (c) andrey_p - CC-BY |
| Nyctaginaceae | Commicarpus |  (c) Carnahan, Sue - CC-BY | |||
| Nyctaginaceae | Commicarpus scandens | Climbing Wortclub, Pega-Polla, Goma-bush | Dry rocky and gravelly areas, roadsides. | S. TX, Trans-Pecos TX, NM, and AZ south to Mexico, Central America, South America, and West Indies. |  (c) Carnahan, Sue - CC-BY |
| Nyctaginaceae | Cyphomeris |  (c) Muñiz, Claudio Cantú - CC-BY | |||
| Nyctaginaceae | Cyphomeris crassifolia | Sinuate-lobed Cyphomeris | Flats and washes. | S. TX and ne. Mexico (COA, NLE, TAM). | (c) Muñiz, Claudio Cantú - CC-BY |
| Nyctaginaceae | Guapira | Blolly |  (c) Weakley, Alan | ||
| Nyctaginaceae | Guapira discolor | Blolly, Beeftree, Pigeonberry, Narrowleaf Blolly | Tropical hammocks, pine rocklands, shell mounds, coastal berms and strands. | S. and c. peninsular FL; West Indies; n. South America. |  (c) Joseph, Aubert - CC-BY |
| Nyctaginaceae | Guapira obtusata ssp. obtusata | Broadleaf Blolly, Corcho Prieto | Tropical hammocks. | S. peninsular FL (the Keys only); West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico). | |
| Nyctaginaceae | Mirabilis | Umbrella-wort, Four-o'clock |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. | ||
| Nyctaginaceae | Mirabilis albida | Wild Four-o’clock, Pale Umbrella-wort, White Four-o’clock | Longleaf pine sandhills, limestone glades and barrens, prairies, pastures, adjacent disturbed dry soils. | S. SC south to GA, west to TX, north in the interior to c. TN, IA, and KS; Mexico, Central America. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Nyctaginaceae | Mirabilis austrotexana | South Texas Four-o'-Clock | Mudflats. | Sc. and s. TX, perhaps south into TAM. | |
| Nyctaginaceae | Mirabilis gigantea | Giant Four-o'clock | Sandy open areas, woodlands. | Endemic to TX and w. OK. | |
| Nyctaginaceae | Mirabilis jalapa var. jalapa | Garden Four-o’clock, Marvel-of-Peru, Morning-rose | Disturbed areas, or persistent at former garden sites. | Native of tropical America. |  (c) Keith, Eric - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Nyctaginaceae | Mirabilis latifolia | Blackland prairies, calcareous areas. | Ne. and c. TX. | ||
| Nyctaginaceae | Mirabilis linearis var. linearis | Narrow-leaved Four-o’clock | Prairies, pastures, woodlands over rocky or sandy soils, disturbed areas. | MB, SK, and AB south to MO, TX, NM, AZ, and Mexico; rarely adventive eastwards. |  (c) Campos, Aidan |
| Nyctaginaceae | Mirabilis nyctaginea | Heart-leaved Umbrella-wort, Heartleaf Four-o’clock | Upland prairies, streambanks, riverbanks, also in disturbed situations (as eastwards) such as railroad embankments, other disturbed areas. | MI, WI, ON, and AB south to LA, TX, and NM, the exact native distribution obscured by subsequent spread. André Michaux collected this species from bluffs of the Cumberland River in 1795, suggesting native status for that area. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Nyctaginaceae | Nyctaginaceae | Four-o'clock Family | (c) Bradley, Keith | ||
| Nyctaginaceae | Nyctaginia |  (c) Cressler, Alan M. | |||
| Nyctaginaceae | Nyctaginia capitata | Scarlet Muskflower, Devil's Bouquet | Sandy soils. | S., c., and w. TX and s. NM, south to n. Mexico. | (c) Cressler, Alan M. |
| Nyctaginaceae | Okenia |  (c) Bradley, Keith | |||
| Nyctaginaceae | Okenia hypogaea | Beach-peanut, Burrowing Four-o’clock, Dune-groundnut, Okenia | Ocean beaches, Florida scrub. | Peninsular FL (coastal St. Lucie, Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties, and slightly inland); Mexico, and Central America (Nicaragua). | (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Nyctaginaceae | Pisonia | Devil’s-claw |  (c) Goldman, Douglas - CC-BY-SA | ||
| Nyctaginaceae | Pisonia aculeata | Devil’s-claw, Pull-and-hold-back, Old-hook, Cockspur, Garabato Prieto | Hammocks, subtropical thickets. | S. and c. peninsular FL; West Indies, s. LA, s. TX, and s. AZ south through Mexico, Central America, and tropical South America. | (c) Goldman, Douglas - CC-BY-SA |
| Nyctaginaceae | Pisonia macranthocarpa | Big-fruit Devil’s-claw | Tropical hammocks. | S. peninsular FL (the Keys only); West Indies (Cuba); Mexico, Central America, and South America. |  (c) maryury - CC0 |
| Nyctaginaceae | Pisonia rotundata ssp. rotundata | Smooth Devil’s-claw | Rockland hammocks, pine rocklands. | S. peninsular FL; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola) |  (c) Doby, Joshua - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |