Nyctaginaceae

Trailing windmills

Allionia incarnata L.

Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Allionia

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Trailing windmills (Allionia incarnata) — FlowerPhoto: Mark Pollock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Trailing windmills

Synonyms

Allionia brandurriae Phil.
Allionia craterimorpha Rusby
Allionia cristata (Standl.) Standl.
Allionia incarnata f. cristata (Standl.) Heimerl
Allionia incarnata f. cylindrica Heimerl
Allionia incarnata f. glomerata Heimerl
Allionia incarnata f. grandiflora Heimerl
Allionia incarnata f. obtusilobata Heimerl
Allionia incarnata f. villosiceps Heimerl
Allionia incarnata var. incarnata
Allionia jarae Phil.
Allionia mendocina Phil.
Allionia puberula Phil.
Wedelia incarnata (L.) L.
Wedelia incarnata (L.) Kuntze
Wedelia incarnata subsp. anodonta Standl.
Wedelia malachroides Benth.
Wedeliella cristata (Standl.) Cockerell
Wedeliella incarnata (L.) Cockerell
Wedeliella incarnata subsp. nudata (Standl.) Cockerell
Wedeliella incarnata var. anodonta (Standl.) Cockerell

Flowers

In flower: August to May (from 2,733 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Mark Pollock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kate Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Bob Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Grant Mullen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JM Morton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Mike W, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Rick Robb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.