Calflora: Mirabilis albida

Mirabilis albida (Walter) Heimerl

white four o'clock

Mirabilis albida, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: May--Aug

Community:	Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Elevation:	between 4921 and 8202 feet
Family:	NYCTAGINACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Mirabilis found in California.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS

Other Names:
(according to)

PLANTS:	Allionia albida
PLANTS:	Mirabilis entricha
PLANTS:	Mirabilis grayana
PLANTS:	Mirabilis pauciflora
PLANTS:	Mirabilis pseudaggregata
PLANTS:	Mirabilis rotata
PLANTS:	Oxybaphus albidus
PLANTS:	Oxybaphus coahuilensis
PLANTS:	Oxybaphus pauciflorus
PLANTS:	Oxybaphus pseudaggregatus
PLANTS:	Mirabilis dumetorum
PLANTS:	Oxybaphus rotatus
PLANTS:	Allionia pauciflora
PLANTS:	Allionia pseudaggregata
PLANTS:	Allionia coahuilensis
PLANTS:	Allionia rotata
PLANTS:	Mirabilis albida var. lata
PLANTS:	Allionia bracteata
PLANTS:	Mirabilis albida var. uniflora
PLANTS:	Mirabilis coahuilensis
PLANTS:	Allionia grayana
TJM2:	Mirabilis pumila
TJM2 + PLANTS:	Mirabilis oblongifolia
TJM2:	Mirabilis comata

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Inyo: 10 / 10 CCH Riverside: 8 / 8 CCH San Bernardino: 86 / 82 CCH San Diego: 3 / 3 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Mirabilis albida from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (MIAL4)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database