Flower ID: IMG_4292.JPG-07-08-2020 Flower name (scientific): Mirabilis albida (Walter) Heimerl PY: 1901. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) mih-RAB-ih-liss (or mir-AB-il-is or mi-RAB-il-is) AL-bi-da Flower name (common): Hairy Four O'clock Family name (common): Four O'Clock Family name (scientific): Nyctaginaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From scientific Latin, for wonderful, extraordinary. Specific epithet: From the Latin for white. Common name origin: Referencing that many plants in this family have flowers that open in the late afternoon. Flower description: Size: 0.5 to 1.0 inches (1.3 to 2.5 cm) Petal count: 5 Color: white Other: flower arrangement, Panicle Plant description: Size: 8 to 40 inches (20 to 102 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is simple Size: Leaves up to 11 cm long and up to 2.5 cm wide. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, ovate, or deltate (FNA) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): June to August Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Prairies, fields, sun, dry. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): No close lookalikes. Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.795730 Longitude: -91.513703 Altitude: 272.60 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Columbia, Dane, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Forest, Grant, Green Lake, Juneau, La Crosse, Lincoln, Marinette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rusk, Sauk, St. Croix, Trempealeau, Vilas, Washburn, Waukesha, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, BC, MB, ON, QC, SK) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: Allionia albida Walter Fl. Carol., 84. 1788. Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): Not listed Wetland Status (MW): Not listed