Mirabilis albida: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

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Family Nyctaginaceae
Mirabilis albida (Walter) Heimerl
pale umbrella-wort, white four-o'clock
Mirabilis: Latin for "miraculous or wonderful"
albida: whitish, white

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Status:	Native
Plant:	erect or drooping, perennial, 8"-40" tall forb; stems hairy
Flower:	pale pink, 5-parted, 1/2"-1" wide, saucer-shaped, sepals petal-like; inflorescence loosely-branched clusters; blooms June-Aug.
Leaf:	lance-like, tapering towards the base
Habitat:	dry; prairies, sand hills, barrens
(Glossary)

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Synonyms

Allionia albida Walter
Allionia coahuilensis Standl.
Allionia comata Small
Allionia divaricata Rydb.
Allionia hirsuta Pursh
Allionia oblongifolia (A.Gray) Small
Allionia pauciflora (Buckley) Standl.
Allionia pratensis Standl.
Allionia pseudaggregata (Heimerl) Standl.
Allionia pumila Standl.
Mirabilis ciliata (Standl.) Standl.
Mirabilis coahuilensis (Standl.) Standl.
Mirabilis comata (Small) Standl.
Mirabilis eutricha Shinners
Mirabilis grayana (Standl.) Standl.
Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill.
Mirabilis lanceolata (Rydb.) Standl.
Mirabilis oblongifolia (A.Gray) Heimerl
Mirabilis pauciflora (Buckley) Standl.
Mirabilis pseudaggregata Heimerl
Mirabilis pumila (Standl.) Standl.
Oxybaphus albidus (Walter) Sweet
Oxybaphus coahuilensis (Standl.) Weath.
Oxybaphus comatus (Small) Weath.
Oxybaphus hirsutus (Pursh) Sweet
Oxybaphus lanceolatus (Rydb.) Standl.
Oxybaphus pauciflorus Buckley
Oxybaphus pseudaggregatus (Heimerl) Weath.
Oxybaphus pumilus (Standl.) Standl.

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