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Narrowleaf four o'clock

Mirabilis linearis

Also called Linear Leaved Four O'clock, Linear Leaved Umbrellawort, Narrow Leaved Four O'clock, Narrow Leaved Umbrellawort, Four O'clock, Linearleaf Four O'clock, Narrow Leaved Four O’clock

Narrowleaf four o'clock
Photo: Jim Pisarowicz, Public domain
Family
Nyctaginaceae (Nyctagin family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
CS. Canada to N. Mexico
Climate
temperate

About

Mirabilis linearis, commonly known as narrowleaf four o'clock, is a species of plant. Among the Zuni people, the root is eaten to induce urination and vomiting. They also take an infusion of the root for stomachache.

Other Mirabilis plants

White four o'clock · Winged four o'clock · Scarlet four o'clock · Mirabilis elegans · Mauka · Marvel of Peru · Desert wishbone-bush · 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 linearis 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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