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Trailing windmills

Allionia incarnata

Also called Trailing Four O'clock, Trailing Allionia

Trailing windmills
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Nyctaginaceae (Nyctagin family)
Grows as
Annual, Perennial
Native range
Subtrop. America
Climate
subtropical

About

Allionia incarnata is a flowering plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae) native to the Caribbean, the southern United States, and south through Central America and most of western South America. It is a perennial (sometimes annual) herbaceous plant with dark pink flowers. Allionia incarnata is known as pink three-flower, pink windmills, trailing allionia, trailing four-o'clock, and trailing windmills.

Three varieties are accepted:

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allionia incarnata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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