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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Nyctaginaceae	Abronia	Sand-verbena
Nyctaginaceae	Abronia ameliae	Amelia's Sand-verbena	Deep, loose sands.	Endemic to s. TX (South Texas Plains), especially in Brooks County.
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).
Nyctaginaceae	Acleisanthes
Nyctaginaceae	Acleisanthes anisophylla	Oblique-leaf Trumpets	Rocky, gravelly, or sandy soils in grasslands or shrublands.	Sc. and s. TX, Mexico (COA, NLE, TAM).
Nyctaginaceae	Acleisanthes longiflora	Angel-trumpets, Yerba-de-la-Rabia	Sandy or rocky areas, roadsides.	TX, NM, AZ, and s. CA south to Mexico.
Nyctaginaceae	Acleisanthes obtusa	Berlandier's Trumpets	Various soils, in grasslands, shrublands, and woodlands.	S. TX to s. Mexico.
Nyctaginaceae	Allionia	Allionia
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.
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.
Nyctaginaceae	Boerhavia	Spiderling
Nyctaginaceae	Boerhavia ciliata		Limestone and caliche in scrub.	Se. TX, TAM and SLP.
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.
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.
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).
Nyctaginaceae	Boerhavia intermedia	Slender Spiderling	Dry grasslands and disturbed areas.	S. TX west to s. CA, south to n. Mexico.
Nyctaginaceae	Boerhavia linearifolia		Dry, calcareous scrub.	S. TX, c. TX, and se. NM south into Mexico (CHH, COA, NLE, VER).
Nyctaginaceae	Bougainvillea	Bougainvillea
Nyctaginaceae	Bougainvillea ×buttiana	Bougainvillea, Paper-flower	Grown horticulturally, naturalizing and persisting.	Native of South America.
Nyctaginaceae	Commicarpus
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.
Nyctaginaceae	Cyphomeris
Nyctaginaceae	Cyphomeris crassifolia	Sinuate-lobed Cyphomeris	Flats and washes.	S. TX and ne. Mexico (COA, NLE, TAM).
Nyctaginaceae	Guapira	Blolly
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nyctaginaceae	Nyctaginaceae	Four-o'clock Family
Nyctaginaceae	Nyctaginia
Nyctaginaceae	Nyctaginia capitata	Scarlet Muskflower, Devil's Bouquet	Sandy soils.	S., c., and w. TX and s. NM, south to n. Mexico.
Nyctaginaceae	Okenia
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).
Nyctaginaceae	Pisonia	Devil’s-claw
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.
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.
Nyctaginaceae	Pisonia rotundata ssp. rotundata	Smooth Devil’s-claw	Rockland hammocks, pine rocklands.	S. peninsular FL; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola)