Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl [Nyctaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Mirabilis linearis var. decipiens (Standl.) S.L.Welsh

Mirabilis linearis var. linearis

Mirabilis linearis var. subhispida (Heimerl) Spellenb.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
narrowleaf four o'clock	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Allionia linearis Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 728 (1813).
Calymenia linearis (Pursh) Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 26 (1818).
Mirabilis hirsuta var. linearis (Pursh) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 93: 434 (1966).
Oxybaphus angustifolius var. linearis (Pursh) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 433 (1849).
Oxybaphus linearis (Pursh) B.L.Rob. Rhodora 10: 31 (1908).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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