Mirabilis laevis

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Kingdom Plantae Family Nyctaginaceae Scientific name Mirabilis laevis		Order Caryophyllales Genus Mirabilis Rank Species

Similar Mirabilis linearis, Mirabilis multiflora, Mirabilis longiflora, Eulobus californicus, Mirabilis expansa

Mirabilis laevis, desert wishbone-bush, is a recently redefined species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family. Distribution is in the Southwestern United States and Northwest Mexico.

Mirabilis laevis Wildflowers NPS SAMO NRA Mirabilis laevis var crassifolia

Description

Mirabilis laevis Wishbone bush Native Plants CSU Channel Islands

Mirabilis laevis now includes the common California chaparral plant known as wishbone bush (formerly Mirabilis californica), and several very similar relatives previously classified as separate species and now as varieties.

Varieties

Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia is found in California chaparral and woodlands habitats in California and Baja California, including Cedros Island (namesake for synonym M. c. (A. Gray) var. cedrosensis (Standl.) J.F. Macbr.). The plant is also found in the Southern California Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada foothills, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, the White Mountains, and the Inyo Mountains.

Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa is found in the White and Inyo Mountains, Nevada, and Oregon, east to Utah, and south to Arizona and Northwest Mexico.

Mirabilis laevis var. villosa has a similar distribution to Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa.

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References

Mirabilis laevis Wikipedia

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