Participant Info

Species

Mirabilis oxybaphoides [Allionia oxybaphoides] [Oxybaphus wrightii]

Family

Nyctaginaceae

CommonName

smooth spreading four-o’clock

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1916

LatestDate

2017

Ecosystem

foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, base of volcanic dyke, NW of Del Norte 17 June 2017

Comments

In the Watershed this species of four-o'clock has been rather infrequently collected. Mirabilis oxybaphoides is found on dry slopes, sometimes volcanic; e.g., 5 miles S of the Great Sand Dunes NP (Alamosa Co, 1986), near Los Mogotes peak (Conejos Co, 1987), Rock Creek W of Monte Vista (Rio Grande Co, 1981). Mirabilis oxybaphoides has not been recorded from the Culebras of the Watershed, but has been in the Cristos of New Mexico. The USA distribution shows a Four Corners species largely of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, where it follows the Rio Grande drainage to the border with Mexico and farther down stream, at least down to Big Bend, Texas.

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