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Mirabilis multiflora
Also called Desert Four O'clock, Froebel's Four O'clock, Manyflowered Four O'clock
Colorado four o'clock is a perennial desert wildflower native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, grown for its magenta, funnel-shaped flowers that open in late afternoon. It needs full sun, very good drainage and little water, and it dies back to the ground in winter or drought and regrows from its root.
Mirabilis multiflora is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family known by the common names Colorado four-o'clock or desert four-o'clock that is native to the southwestern United States from California to Colorado and Texas, as well as far northern Mexico, where it grows in mostly dry habitat types in a number of regions.
Among the Zuni people, the powdered root is mixed with flour, made into a bread, and used to decrease appetite. An infusion of the root is taken and rubbed on the abdomen of hungry adults and children. An infusion of the powdered root is taken by adults or children after overeating.
Winged four o'clock · Scarlet four o'clock · Mauka · Marvel of Peru · Desert wishbone-bush · Sweet four o'clock · Heartleaf four o'clock · Four o'clock
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
