Nyctaginaceae
Winged four o'clock
Mirabilis alipes
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Mirabilis
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Common names
By language (2)
- arz
- ميرابيليس اليس
- English
- Winged four o'clock
Synonyms
- Hermidium alipes S.Watson
- Hermidium alipes var. pallidium Ced.Porter
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson https://www.inaturalist.org/people/matsonburger, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson https://www.inaturalist.org/people/matsonburger, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson https://www.inaturalist.org/people/matsonburger, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson https://www.inaturalist.org/people/matsonburger, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson https://www.inaturalist.org/people/matsonburger, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Desert wishbone-bushMirabilis laevisNyctaginaceae
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- Smooth spreading four o'clockMirabilis oxybaphoidesNyctaginaceae
- White four o'clockMirabilis albidaNyctaginaceae
- Mirabilis elegansNyctaginaceae
- Hairy four o'clockMirabilis hirsutaNyctaginaceae
- MacFarlane's four o'clockMirabilis macfarlaneiNyctaginaceae
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.