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|accepted_name=Mirabilis nyctaginea
|accepted_authority=(Michaux) MacMillan
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Metasp. Minnesota Valley,
|place=217. 1892
|year=1892
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Allionia nyctaginea
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|publication_title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication_place=1: 100. 1803
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Oxybaphus nyctagineus
|authority=(Michaux) Sweet
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Nyctaginaceae;Mirabilis;Mirabilis sect. Oxybaphus;Mirabilis nyctaginea
|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 nyctaginea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 42, 50, 52, 53, 56
|treatment_page=page 55
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>usually erect or ascending, occasionally decumbent, leafy mostly in proximal 2/3 of plant, openly forked distally, 4–15 dm, basally usually glabrous or puberulent in 2 lines, rarely spreading-pubescent; distally stems usually puberulent in 2 lines, occasionally glabrate, rarely spreading glandular-pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> ascending at 45–80°, abruptly reduced to inflorescence; petiole 0.2–2 cm; blade green, ovate-lanceolate to ovate or triangular, 3–10 × 2–6.5 cm, usually ± thin, base obtuse, round, truncate, or cordate, apex acute to acuminate, rarely rounded, surfaces usually glabrous, sometimes puberulent or sparsely hispidulous. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal and in upper axils, subumbellate clusters at ends of long, forked branches; peduncle 5–20 mm, usually pubescent with ascending, often curved, glandular or eglandular hairs, crosswalls of hairs pale; involucres pale green, often tinged pinkish, widely bell-shaped to almost rotate, 4–6 mm in flower, 8–15 mm in fruit, glabrous or glabrate but with minute curved hairs on margins, or rarely puberulent or pilose throughout, 50–90% connate, lobes ovate to broadly ovate. <b>Flowers</b> (2–)3(–5) per involucre; perianth usually pink to reddish purple, rarely white, 1 cm. <b>Fruits</b> dark grayish brown to reddish brown (ribs and tubercles usually slightly paler), narrowly obovate and tapering at both ends, 3.4–5 mm, shaggy-pubescent with spreading, sometimes tufted, hairs, 0.3–0.4 mm, sometimes also with layer of minute hairs; ribs usually irregularly and deeply notched, especially toward apex, round to bluntly angled, 0.5–0.75 times width of sulci, 0.5–1 times as wide as high; sulci with pale small to tall tubercles that are sometimes horizontally lengthened and shelflike. <b>2n</b> = 58.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–early fall.
|habitat=Weedy areas in dry, often disturbed sites
|elevation=100-2200 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;D.C.;Del.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;introduced in Mexico;Europe.
|discussion=<p><i>Mirabilis nyctaginea</i> is considered a noxious weed in some states. The holotype of <i>Mirabilis</i> ×collina Shinners is a hybrid between <i>M. nyctaginea</i> and <i>M. albida</i>. On the Great Plains, <i>M. nyctaginea</i> also appears to intergrade with <i>M. albida</i>. Prominence of the tubercles and redness of the fruits decreases in western populations. Near the Great Lakes, comparatively narrow-leaved plants with sparsely hirsute stems seem to be intergrades between <i>M. nyctaginea</i> and more or less hirsute <i>M. albida</i>. <i>Mirabilis</i> ×serotina Shinners is a hybrid between <i>M. nyctaginea</i> and <i>M. glabra</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Mirabilis nyctaginea
|authority=(Michaux) MacMillan
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Oxybaphus nyctagineus
|basionyms=Allionia nyctaginea
|family=Nyctaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–early fall.
|habitat=Weedy areas in dry, often disturbed sites
|elevation=100-2200 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;D.C.;Del.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;introduced in Mexico;Europe.
|reference=None
|publication title=Metasp. Minnesota Valley,
|publication year=1892
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_106.xml
|genus=Mirabilis
|section=Mirabilis sect. Oxybaphus
|species=Mirabilis nyctaginea
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