EcoFlora - Mirabilis linearis var. decipiens

Mirabilis linearis var. decipiens (Standl.) Welsh
Family: Nyctaginaceae broadleaf four o'clock, more...broad-leaf four-o'clock [Mirabilis decipiens (Standl.) Standl.] Max Licher	FNA Resources Richard W. Spellenberg in Flora of North America (vol. 4) Stems usually decumbent-ascending, 1.5-13 dm, minutely puberulent, glabrate, or glabrous basally. Leaf blades green, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 3-11 × 0.4-1.4(-1.8) cm, surfaces glabrous or glabrate. Inflorescences narrowly to widely forked, usually without main axis; fruiting involucres 4-6 mm, crosswalls of peduncle hairs usually dark. Perianth pink to deep purple-pink. Flowering summer. Open gravelly or sandy areas in brush, pine, or mixed conifer forests; 1400-2800 m; Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Utah; Mexico (Chihuahua). Mirabilis linearis var. decipiens probably represents populations intergradient between var. linearis and Mirabilis melanotricha.
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