PLANTS Profile for Mirabilis hirsuta (hairy four o'clock)

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Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill.
hairy four o'clock

Symbol:

MIHI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Nyctaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill.

Allionia hirsuta

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 32. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill.

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Synonyms:
Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill.

	ALHI3	Allionia hirsuta Pursh
	OXHI2	Oxybaphus hirsutus (Pursh) Sweet

Distribution:
Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill.


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USA (AR, AZ, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, SD, TX, WI, WY)

Related Taxa:
Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill.

View 16 genera in Nyctaginaceae, 29 species in Mirabilis

Classification:
Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Nyctaginaceae – Four o'clock family
Genus	Mirabilis L. – four o'clock
Species	Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill. – hairy four o'clock

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
hairy umbrella-wort		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacMill.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19647.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 05:20 AM CDT