Mirabilis nyctaginea

Heart leaf four o'clock

Family: Nyctaginaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Heart leaf four o'clock is a naturalized perennial found in eastern Southern California, especially San Bernardino County, in disturbed places at elevations below 400 meters. Flowering with white or pale pink perianths approximately 10 millimeters long, this plant produces delicate funnel-shaped blooms. Growing with erect stems to 1 meter tall that are glabrous to slightly hairy, it develops distinctive ovate to heart-shaped leaves up to 10 centimeters long. Its leaves are petioled or nearly sessile, with a relatively smooth surface and ovate to cordate shape. The fruit is a broadly club-shaped structure 4 to 6 millimeters long, covered in hair and featuring five prominent, wrinkled ribs.

Habitat: Disturbed places

Elevation: < 400 m

Bioregions: e SCo (esp San Bernardino Co.)

California counties: San Bernardino

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.