Participant Info

Species

Mirabilis multiflora [Oxybaphus multiflorus]

Family

Nyctaginaceae

CommonName

Colorado four-o’clock

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1912

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

shrubland, foothill, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Great Sand Dunes, Hot Creek

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Saguache Co, road to La Garita N of Del Norte 14 July 2021

Comments

Colorado four-o'clock is a fairly common foothill plant on both sides of the Watershed, often found in pinyon-juniper habitat, but also road side and in the middle of hiking trails. Mirabilis multiflora can form bushes nearly two feet high. It has been often collected from the Rio Grande valley in New Mexico and follows the Rio Grande into Texas at least as far as Big Bend. It is a desert Southwest plant of southern California, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and southwest Texas.

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