Mirabilis albida

white four o'clock
Family

Nyctaginaceae

Leaf Arrangement

opposite

Leaf Margin

entire, ciliate

Leaf Type

simple

Leaf Shape

linear, oblong, elliptic, lanceolate, ovate

Growth Form

forb, shrub

Flower Color

pink, purple, red, white

Flower Petals

fused

Flower Month

May - November

Height (meters)

0.2 - 1.2

Milky Sap

No

Armed/Unarmed

Unarmed

Origin

native

Lifespan

perennial


Habitat

In dry soils, meadows and hillsides, dry prairies, pastures, rocky bluffs, open wooded hillsides, roadsides, sandhills and barrens.