Mirabilis albida
Dwarf four o'clock
Family: Nyctaginaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Dwarf four o'clock is a California native perennial found in the San Bernardo Mountains, San Jacinto Mountains, White and Inyo Mountains, and Desert Mountains in dry, rocky areas at elevations of 1,400 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces light pink to magenta flowers in delicate, cup-shaped involucres up to 8 millimeters long. Growing with decumbent to erect stems 10 to 50 centimeters tall, it has short to long stem hairs that may be glandular. Its lanceolate leaves range from 2 to 6 centimeters long, with petioles less than 4 centimeters. The fruit is 3 to 5 millimeters long, tapered at both ends with five prominent ribs and distinctive warty or wrinkled surfaces between the ribs.
Habitat: Dry, rocky areas
Bloom period: May-Aug
Elevation: 1400-2500 m
Bioregions: SnBr, SnJt, W&I, DMtns
California counties: San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo
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