Nyctaginaceae
Scarlet four o'clock
Mirabilis coccinea
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Mirabilis
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Scarlet four o'clock
- Russian
- Мирабилис ярко-красный
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 66 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wendy McCrady, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wendy McCrady, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wendy McCrady, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Mirabilis
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- Sweet four o'clockMirabilis longifloraNyctaginaceae
- Colorado four o'clockMirabilis multifloraNyctaginaceae
- Winged four o'clockMirabilis alipesNyctaginaceae
- MaukaMirabilis expansaNyctaginaceae
- Desert wishbone-bushMirabilis laevisNyctaginaceae
- Narrowleaf four o'clockMirabilis linearisNyctaginaceae
- 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 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.