Mirabilis sect. Mirabilis

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 42. Mentioned on page 41, 50.

Herbs, perennial (annual); roots tuberous [swollen taproot]. Stems erect to decumbent, densely [sparsely] leafy, leaves ± evenly distributed. Leaves: basal leaves petiolate, larger; distal leaves short petiolate or sessile, smaller, margins entire. Inflorescences compact cymes in distal axils and terminal; involucres slightly accrescent, narrowly bell-shaped, each with 1 flower inserted at base. Flowers: perianth [short] long funnelform, tubes narrow, limb abruptly flared, deeply 5-lobed; stamens 5. Fruits with 5 low ribs or blunt angles, ellipsoid to obovoid, base prominently constricted, apex rounded to nipplelike, surface of fruit smooth or low tuberculate, glabrate to puberulent, not mucilaginous when wetted.

Distribution

sw United States, Mexico, n Central America, Mirabilis jalapa is widely

Discussion

Species ca. 10 (2 in the flora).

"thin" is not a number.

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rounded +
Richard W. Spellenberg +
Linnaeus +
glutinous +
constricted +
woody +, leathery +  and fleshy +
undulate;plane;linear;ovate or more or less round +
persistent +
distinct +, , +  and connate +
corollalike +  and petaloid +
sessile +, petiolate +  and short +
sw United States +, Mexico +, n Central America +  and Mirabilis jalapa is widely +
curved +  and straight +
inconspicuous +  and showy +
cleistogamous +, chasmogamous +  and bisexual +
ellipsoid +  and obovoid +
bell--shaped +
accrescent +
herbaceous;papery +
sessile +  and petiolate +
distributed +
unequal +
5-lobed +  and flared +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
sinuate +  and entire +
chasmogamous +  and cleistogamous +
campanulate +
constricted +
Sp. Pl. +  and Gen. Pl. ed. +
1753 +  and 1754 +
le1995a +
not evident +  and defined +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
tuberculate +  and smooth +
coriaceous +
thick +  and thin +
fibrous;fleshy +
membranaceous +
ribbed +, 10-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
pubescent +, glabrous +  and warty +
wrinkled +
erect +  and decumbent +
fusiform +  and linear +
filiform +
mucilaginous +
glabrate +  and puberulent +
tuberculate +, low +  and smooth +
ropelike +  and swollen +
Mirabilis sect. Mirabilis +
Mirabilis +
section +
gland-tipped +
expanded +
pubescent +  and glabrous +