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White four o'clock

Mirabilis albida

Also called Mountain Four O'clock, Hairy Four O'clock, Hairy Umbrellawort, Pale Four O'clock, Pale Umbrellawort, Dwarf Four O'clock, Pale Umbrella Wort

Family
Nyctaginaceae (Nyctagin family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Canada to Mexico
Climate
temperate

About

Mirabilis albida, called white four o'clock, mountain four o'clock, hairy four o'clock, hairy umbrellawort, pale four o'clock, pale umbrellawort, or dwarf four o'clock, is a perennial forb found in grassland throughout North America.

Where it grows

Mirabilis albida grows in dry, well-drained soil in open, sunny areas such as grassland, pasture, open woodland, and rocky bluffs.

Other Mirabilis plants

Winged four o'clock · Scarlet four o'clock · Mirabilis elegans · Mauka · Marvel of Peru · Desert wishbone-bush · Narrowleaf four o'clock · Sweet four o'clock · MacFarlane's four o'clock · Colorado four o'clock · Heartleaf four o'clock · Roundleaf four o'clock

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mirabilis albida 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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