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|accepted_name=Mirabilis texensis
|accepted_authority=(J. M. Coulter) B. L. Turner
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=75: 449. 1994
|year=1994
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Allionia corymbosa var. texensis
|authority=J. M. Coulter
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|publication_place=2: 351. 1894
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Allionia texensis
|authority=(J. M. Coulter) Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mirabilis rotata
|authority=(Standley) I. M. Johnston
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Nyctaginaceae;Mirabilis;Mirabilis sect. Oxybaphus;Mirabilis texensis
|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. Oxybaphus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Mirabilis texensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 41, 53
|treatment_page=page 57
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>erect or ascending, few, sparsely leafy mostly in proximal 1/2, well branched, 5–10 dm, glabrate to sparsely spreading viscid-pubescent throughout, more densely so distally. <b>Leaves</b> ascending to spreading at 45–80°, abruptly reduced in inflorescence; petiole 0.3–4 cm; blade green, triangular-ovate to ovate, 2–7 × 2–7 cm, thick and moderately fleshy, base round to cordate, apex acute to rounded, surfaces glabrate to glandular. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal and in distal axils, few branched, ± evenly forked, open; peduncle 2–6 mm, spreading viscid-pubescent, crosswalls of hairs pale or dark; involucres pale green, widely bell-shaped to almost rotate, 3–4 mm in flower, 6–13 mm in fruit, sparsely spreading viscid-pubescent, 90–100% connate, lobes round to very broadly obtuse. <b>Flowers</b> 2–3 per involucre; perianth pale pink to pink, 0.8–1 cm. <b>Fruits</b> reddish brown to brown, obovoid, 3–4 mm, densely glandular-puberulent with hairs 0.1 mm; ribs low and round, as wide as sulci, 0.5 times as wide as high, covered with tall, shelflike tubercles; sulci with prominent shelflike tubercles.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer and early fall.
|habitat=Limestone slopes among xerophytic scrub
|elevation=600-900[-1600] m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Durango).
|discussion=<p>I. M. Johnston (1944) and B. L. Turner (1993b) noted the similarity of <i>Mirabilis texensis</i> to the weedy Mexican M. glabrifolia (Gomez Ortega) I. M. Johnston, rather than M. viscosa, with which it was associated by P. C. Standley (1918). Plants in Texas referred to as M. glabrifolia in floras and plant lists are <i>M. texensis</i>.</p>
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name=Mirabilis texensis
|authority=(J. M. Coulter) B. L. Turner
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Allionia texensis;Mirabilis rotata
|basionyms=Allionia corymbosa var. texensis
|family=Nyctaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer and early fall.
|habitat=Limestone slopes among xerophytic scrub
|elevation=600-900[-1600] m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Coahuila;Durango).
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=1994
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_110.xml
|genus=Mirabilis
|section=Mirabilis sect. Oxybaphus
|species=Mirabilis texensis
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