Nyctaginaceae
Colorado four o'clock
Mirabilis multiflora
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Mirabilis
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 多花紫茉莉
- English
- Colorado four o'clock
- nv
- Tsédédééh, Tsídídééh, Tłʼiish nátʼoh
- Persian
- میرابیلیس مالتیفلورا
- Russian
- Мирабилис многоцветковый
- Swedish
- Praktunderblomma
Synonyms
- Mirabilis multiflora var. multiflora
- Oxybaphus multiflorus Torr.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June, September to October (from 785 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jon Ferreira, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Indio Brown, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marie Domokos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zenón Rizo Fernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: dbugs, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- 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.