E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC

Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacMill.
umbrellawort (heartleaf four o'clock)
Nyctaginaceae (Four o'clock family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

General:
Perennial herb from a deep root; stems erect, branched, 30-100 cm tall, glabrous to slightly hairy.

Leaves:
Opposite, broadly egg-shaped to rounded, to 10 cm long, tips pointed, heart-shaped to squared off at base, basically glabrous; stalks 5-20 mm long.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of umbels grouped in branched clusters; flower stalks hairy; bracts of inflorescence saucer-shaped, about 1 cm wide and papery in fruit, bracts 5, about 2/3 fused, base short-hairy, lobes glabrous; perianth white or pale pink, 8-10 mm long, broadly funnel-shaped with widely-flaring 5-lobed limb.

Fruits:
Achenes, broadly club-shaped, 4-6 mm long, 5-angled, wrinkled or warty, usually densely hairy.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Exotic	SNA	Exotic	Not Listed

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