Status: Native
Synonyms:
Allionia albida Walter
Allionia comata Small
Allionia hirsuta Pursh
Allionia lanceolata Rydberg
Allionia pratensis Standley
Allionia pumila Standley
Mirabilis comata(Small) Standley
Mirabilis lanceolata (Rydberg) Standley
Oxybaphus albidus (Walter) Choisy
Oxybaphus comatus (Small) Weatherby
Oxybaphus hirsutus (Pursh) Sweet
Oxybaphus lanceolatus (Rydberg) Standley
Oxybaphus pumilus (Standley) Standley
Mirabilis albida is a decumbent to ascending sticky herb with grayish green pubescent stems and leaves. The flowers are pink to purple with about 3 flowers per involucre. The involucres are hairy and the bracts are connate about halfway down to the base. The fruit is hairy and five ribbed. The fruit of M. oxybaphoides is glabrous and not ribbed. Mirabilis albida is found in sandy arroyos at middle elevation.
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Mirabilis albida, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, October 4, 2009
Mirabilis albida, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, October 4, 2009
Mirabilis albida, closeup of involucre & flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, October 4, 2009
Mirabilis albida, stem and leaves, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, October 4, 2009
Mirabilis albida, macro of ribbed and hairy fruits in involucre, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, October 4, 2009
Mirabilis albida, macro of five ribbed and hairy fruit, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, October 4, 2009
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