Accession Data

Mirabilis jalapa

Common Name: Four O'Clock, Marvel of Peru

Family: Nyctaginaceae

Country of Origin: widespread in New World tropics and subtropics

Accession Data

Accession #: 200900030

Accession Date: 2009-03-24 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 5000

Quantity: 2

Source: M.R. Opel

Provenance:

Matt Opel s.n. Seed from white-flowered plants naturalized in Saitama, Japan, collected Oct 10 2008.

Culture: Grow in rich soil and a sunny position in summer; store the tuberous roots in dry soil over winter.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Nyctaginaceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
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2009

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, January 25, 2018.
  2. Mirabilis jalapa at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, January 25, 2018.

Images

Mirabilis jalapa