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Mirabilis longiflora

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Mirabilis longiflora
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long tubular flowers
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Mirabilis
Species:
M. longiflora
Binomial name
Mirabilis longiflora
L.

Mirabilis longiflora, the sweet four o'clock,[1] is a species of flowering plant native to the southwestern United States from Arizona to Texas and northern Mexico. It is night-flowering, the flowers are mostly white, strongly scented, and long and narrow in form, approaching 17 centimeters in maximum length.

References

  1. ^ "Mirabilis longiflora". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

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