Mirabilis alipes
Winged four o'clock
Family: Nyctaginaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Winged four o'clock is a California native perennial found in the Panamint Range of the desert mountains on dry slopes and flats at elevations of 1,200 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces magenta and creamy white flowers in funnel-shaped perianths 15 to 19 millimeters long. Growing with decumbent to erect stems 20 to 40 centimeters tall that are glaucous and sparsely hairy, it develops fleshy, broadly ovate to round leaves. Its leaves are 2 to 7 centimeters long with minimal hair and emerge from upper stem axils. The fruit is an elliptic seed 5.5 to 7 millimeters long with 10 slender tan ribs.
Habitat: dry slopes, flats
Bloom period: May-Jun
Elevation: 1200-2000 m
Bioregions: W&I, DMtns (Panamint Range)
California counties: Mono, Inyo
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