Nyctaginaceae
Smooth spreading four o'clock
Mirabilis oxybaphoides
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Mirabilis
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Smooth spreading four o'clock
- nv
- Kǫʼazeeʼ
Synonyms
- Allionia oxybaphodes (A.Gray) Kuntze
- Allioniella oxybaphoides (A.Gray) Rydb.
- Allioniella oxybaphoides var. glabrata (Heimerl) Standl.
- Mirabilis oxybaphoides var. glabrata Heimerl
- Oxybaphus wrightii Hemsl.
- Quamoclidion oxybaphoides A.Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- August to October (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wendy McCrady, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Craig Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.