Nyctaginaceae
Sweet four o'clock
Mirabilis longiflora
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Mirabilis
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- شب الليل مستطيل الزهر
- Chinese
- 长筒紫茉莉
- English
- Sweet four o'clock
- Russian
- Мирабилис длинноцветковый
- Swedish
- Långpipig underblomma, Långpipig underblomman
Synonyms
- Jalapa longiflora Crantz
- Mirabilis longiflora var. wrightiana (A.Gray ex Britton & Kearney) Kearney & Peebles
- Nyctago longiflora Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 171 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Raúl Ernestoo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rodolfo Maximiliano Gutiérrez-Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: absolem_1, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: marmoma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: antoni.artur.arrieta, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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- Scarlet four o'clockMirabilis coccineaNyctaginaceae
- 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, 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.