[The Four O'clock Family in the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest]

Four O'clock Flowers of the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest

The Genus Mirabilis

Wishbone Bush: Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa (Synonyms: Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, Mirabilis retrorsa)

Wishbone Bush: Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa

Winged Four o'clock: Mirabilis alipes (Synonym: Hermidium alipes)

White Four o'clock: Mirabilis albida (Synonyms: Mirabilis comata, Mirabilis oblongifolia, Mirabilis pumila)

Red Four o'clock, Scarlet Four o'clock: Mirabilis coccinea (Synonym: Oxybaphus coccineus)

Californica Four o'clock, Wishbone Bush: Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia (Synonyms: Mirabilis californica, Mirabilis californica var. californica, Mirabilis californica var. cedrosensis, Mirabilis californica var. cordifolia)

Wishbone Bush: Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa (Synonyms: Mirabilis bigelovii var. retrorsa, Mirabilis retrorsa)

Wishbone Bush: Mirabilis laevis var. villosa (Synonyms: Mirabilis aspera, Mirabilis bigelovii, Mirabilis bigelovii var. aspera, Mirabilis bigelovii var. bigelovii)

Colorado Four o'clock, Giant Four o'clock: Mirabilis multiflora var. glandulosa (Synonym: Mirabilis glandulosa)

Colorado Four o'clock, Desert Four o'clock: Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens (Synonyms: Mirabilis froebelii, Mirabilis froebelii var. glabrata, Quamoclidion froebelii)

Longlobe Four o'clock, Slender-lobed four o'clock: Mirabilis tenuiloba


Paul Slichter