Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens

S. Watson in W. H. Brewer et al.

in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California 2: 2. 1880.

Synonyms: Mirabilis froebelii (Behr) Greene Mirabilis froebelii var. glabrata (Standley) Jepson Quamoclidion froebelii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 46. Mentioned on page 45.

Involucral-bracts acute. Fruits light-brown, with 10 slender, tan, longitudinal ribs alternating with 10 brown, often interrupted ribs, fruit surface smooth, not mucilaginous when wetted.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Gravelly and sandy soils, oak woodlands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, chaparral, sagebrush scrub, creosotebush scrub, shadscale scrub
Elevation: 50-2100 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah, Mexico (Baja California)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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acute;obtuse or ovate +
Richard W. Spellenberg +
S. Watson in W. H. Brewer et al. +
glutinous +
rounded +  and cordate +
constricted +
woody +, leathery +  and fleshy +
Oxybaphus multiflorus +
undulate;plane;linear;ovate or more or less round +
persistent +
corollalike +  and petaloid +
bracteate +  and naked +
hemispheric +
subsessile +  and sessile +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +, Utah +  and Mexico (Baja California) +
50-2100 m +
curved +  and straight +
inconspicuous +  and showy +
cleistogamous +, chasmogamous +  and bisexual +
light-brown +
ovoid +  and ellipsoid +
Gravelly and sandy soils, oak woodlands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, chaparral, sagebrush scrub, creosotebush scrub, shadscale scrub +
tubular +  and bell--shaped +
not accrescent +
3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
herbaceous;papery +
sessile +  and petiolate +
distributed +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
unequal +
5-lobed +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
sinuate +  and entire +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
chasmogamous +  and cleistogamous +
5-lobed +, flared +, campanulate +  and tubular +
constricted +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–summer. +
in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California +
interrupted +
alternating +
brown +  and tan +
inconspicuous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
smooth +  and rugulose +
globose +  and ovoid +
slender +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
coriaceous +
thick +  and thin +
cylindric +
membranaceous +
ribbed +, 10-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
pubescent +, glabrous +  and warty +
wrinkled +
Illustrated +
decumbent +, ascending +  and erect +
fusiform +  and linear +
filiform +
not +  and mucilaginous +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
rugulose +  and smooth +
Mirabilis froebelii +, Mirabilis froebelii var. glabrata +  and Quamoclidion froebelii +
ropelike +  and swollen +
Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens +
Mirabilis multiflora +
variety +
gland-tipped +
expanded +
pubescent +  and glabrous +