Mirabilis multiflora

Colorado four o'clock

Family: Nyctaginaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Colorado four o'clock is a native perennial found in southwestern regions of North America in rocky or desert habitats at moderate elevations. Flowering from late spring to summer, this plant produces magenta flowers 40 to 60 millimeters long in bell-shaped clusters with six blooms per involucre. Growing 3 to 8 decimeters tall with ascending to erect stems, it has a robust and somewhat sprawling growth habit. Its leaves are distinctive, with fleshy rounded to ovate blades 3 to 12 centimeters long, initially glandular-hairy and becoming smoother with age. The fruit is an elliptical structure 6 to 11 millimeters long, often marked with 10 subtle lines or low ribs.

California counties: Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo, Los Angeles, San Diego, Ventura, San Benito, Orange

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