Putnam Park Wildflowers


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