Nyctaginaceae
Annual windmills
Allionia choisyi
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Allionia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Annual windmills
Synonyms
- Allionia glabra (Choisy) Standl.
- Allionia incarnata f. glutinosissima Heimerl
- Allionia incarnata f. multiserrata Heimerl
- Allionia incarnata var. glabra Choisy
- Wedelia glabra (Choisy) Standl.
- Wedeliella glabra (Choisy) Cockerell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: CJ Shaffer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.