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|accepted_name=Mirabilis multiflora
|accepted_authority=(Torrey) A. Gray in W. H. Emory
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|place=2(1): 173. 1859
|year=1859
}}
|common_names=Colorado four-o’clock;Froebel’s four-o’clock
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Oxybaphus multiflorus
|authority=Torrey
|publication_title=Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York
|publication_place=2: 237. 1827
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Quamoclidion multiflorum
|authority=(Torrey) Torrey ex A. Gray
}}
|hierarchy=Nyctaginaceae;Mirabilis;Mirabilis sect. Quamoclidion;Mirabilis multiflora
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Nyctaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Mirabilis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Mirabilis sect. Quamoclidion]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Mirabilis multiflora]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 40, 43
|treatment_page=page 45
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> forming hemispheric clumps 6–10 dm diam., glabrous or densely pubescent. <b>Stems</b> 4–7 dm. <b>Leaves</b> spreading; petioles of proximal leaves 2–4 cm; blades of midstem leaves ovate to widely ovate, sometimes suborbiculate, rarely reniform, 5–10 × 4–8 cm, base rounded to cordate, often asymmetric, apex acute or acuminate to obtuse, rarely rounded. <b>Involucres</b>: peduncle 4–75 mm; involucres erect or ascending, 33–35 mm; bracts 5, usually more than 50% connate, apex acute to obtuse or ovate. <b>Flowers</b> 6 per involucre; perianth magenta, funnelform, 2.5–6 cm. <b>Fruits</b> brown to black, with 10 slender, tan ribs alternating with 10 dark brown ribs, or ribs inconspicuous, ovoid or globose, 6–11 mm, smooth to rugulose, glabrous or pubescent, secreting mucilage or not when wetted. <b>2n</b> = 66.</span><!--

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|distribution=w United States;n Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>G. E. Pilz (1978) recognized three partially sympatric varieties based on presence or absence of mucilage production in the fruits, fruit color, and apical acuteness of involucral bracts. Overall, populations are poorly differentiated, and in some areas plants represent a “collage” (Pilz’s term) that combine characteristics of different varieties; S. L. Welsh et al. (1987) recognized no varieties. <i>Mirabilis multiflora</i> is used in the Southwest in a minor way in xeriscapes. Among indigenous peoples, it has been used as food and medicine (V. L. Bohrer 1975; L. S. M. Curtin 1947).</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Fruits tuberculate, mucilaginous when wetted; involucral bracts obtuse
|[[Mirabilis multiflora var. glandulosa|Mirabilis multiflora var. glandulosa]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Fruits smooth to slightly tuberculate, not mucilaginous when wetted; involucral bracts acute
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Fruits dark brown to black, ribs inconspicu- ous
|[[Mirabilis multiflora var. multiflora|Mirabilis multiflora var. multiflora]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Fruits light brown, with 10 slender, tan, longitudinal ribs alternating with 10 brown, often interrupted ribs.
|[[Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens|Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens]]
|}
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name=Mirabilis multiflora
|author=
|authority=(Torrey) A. Gray in W. H. Emory
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Quamoclidion multiflorum
|basionyms=Oxybaphus multiflorus
|family=Nyctaginaceae
|distribution=w United States;n Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|publication year=1859
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_84.xml
|genus=Mirabilis
|section=Mirabilis sect. Quamoclidion
|species=Mirabilis multiflora
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