Nyctaginaceae
Narrowleaf four o'clock
Mirabilis linearis
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Mirabilis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Narrowleaf four o'clock
Synonyms
- Mirabilis decumbens Daniels
- Mirabilis diffusa (A.Heller) C.F.Reed
- Mirabilis hirsuta var. linearis (Pursh) B.Boivin
- Mirabilis linearis var. linearis
- Oxybaphus bodinii Holz.
- Oxybaphus decumbens (Nutt.) Sweet
- Oxybaphus linearis (Pursh) B.L.Rob.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, 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.