Digital Herbaria

Specimen & Label Data

Mirabilis linearis

Linear-Leaf Four-O'Clock

Nyctaginaceae

Location: SE side of walking path, in fence line of horsepens--Oakwell Farms, San Antonio.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Dry, alluvial soil. Scarce & scattered.

Description: Erect, 9 dm tall, perennial from woody tap-root, branching above. Leaves few, lance-linear to .5 x 7 cm, attenuate both ends, sessile or long-cuneate. Infloresence mostly cymose-paniculate, 3-flowered. Perianth about 1 cm long, pinkish, limb deeply lobed; the lobes retuse.

County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Oct 12, 1994
Specimen number: 711

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0996
Accession Date: Jan 24, 1995
Accession Number: 78

Annotations: SCXRB (In flower)