Mirabilis longiflora

Mirabilis longiflora
	long tubular flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nyctaginaceae
Genus:	Mirabilis
Species:	M. longiflora
Binomial name
	Mirabilis longiflora; L.

Mirabilis longiflora, the sweet four o'clock,^[1] is a species of flowering plant native to the southwestern United States from Arizona to Texas and northern Mexico. It is night-flowering. The flowers are mostly white, strongly scented, and long and narrow in form, approaching 17 centimeters in maximum length.

References

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Mirabilis longiflora". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

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[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Mirabilis longiflora". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

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