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|accepted_name=Nyctaginia capitata
|accepted_authority=Choisy in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=13(2): 429. 1849
|year=1849
}}
|common_names=Scarlet musk-flower;devil’s bouquet
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Nyctaginaceae;Nyctaginia;Nyctaginia capitata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Nyctaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Nyctaginia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Nyctaginia capitata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 58
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>repeatedly forked, 10–90 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–8 cm; blade subtriangular, rarely ovate, 3–13 × 1–11 cm, base broadly obtuse, truncate-cordate, or occasionally hastate, margins sinuate and undulate, often crispate, apex acuminate or acute, surfaces glabrous or sparsely viscid-villous adaxially, glaucous abaxially, veins usually sparsely viscid-villous. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncle 2–14 cm; involucral bracts 6–15 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth of chasmogamous flowers bright orange-red, mottled or streaked with yellow, rarely all yellow, 20–40 × 10–16 mm; stamens nearly 2 times length of perianth. <b>Fruits</b> 5–8 × 3.5–4 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–early fall.
|habitat=Dry, sandy or loamy soils, arid grasslands, shrublands, roadsides
|elevation=200-1600 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Durango;Nuevo León).
|discussion=<p><i>Nyctaginia capitata</i> apparently has been introduced in the vicinity of Dallas, Texas.</p>
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name=Nyctaginia capitata
|author=
|authority=Choisy in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Nyctaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–early fall.
|habitat=Dry, sandy or loamy soils, arid grasslands, shrublands, roadsides
|elevation=200-1600 m
|distribution=N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Durango;Nuevo León).
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=1849
|special status=
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|genus=Nyctaginia
|species=Nyctaginia capitata
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