OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 4 taxa in the family Nyctaginaceae, Four-o-clock family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon Common Name: Garden Four-o'clock, Marvel-of-Peru, Morning-rose

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mirabilis jalapa var. jalapa   FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Mirabilis jalapa   FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mirabilis jalapa 067-01-001   FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, or persistent at former garden sites

Rare

Non-native: Tropical America

 


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camera icon Common Name: Heart-leaved Umbrella-wort, Heartleaf Four-o’clock

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Mirabilis nyctaginea   FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Mirabilis nyctaginea   FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Mirabilis nyctaginea 067-01-002   FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae

 

Habitat: Upland prairies, streambanks, riverbanks, also in disturbed situations (as eastwards) such as railroad embankments, other disturbed areas

Rare

Native: central North America

 


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camera icon Common Name: Erect Spiderling, Smooth Hogweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Boerhavia erecta   FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Boerhavia erecta   FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Boerhavia erecta 067-02-002   FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae

 

Habitat: Sandy fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, railroad yards

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

Native to Florida & possibly GA; introduced in the Carolinas

 


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camera icon Common Name: Red Spiderling, Spreading Hogweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Boerhavia diffusa   FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Boerhavia diffusa   FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, vacant lots, road shoulders, other dry disturbed areas

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia (possibly introduced in NC)

 


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"When the stem leaves grow directly across from each other, in pairs, the leaves are called opposite; when they grow in circles of threes, fours, fives, and so on, they are termed whorled. If... the leaves are arranged singly on the stem, first at one point and then at another, they are alternate." — Lawrence Newcomb, Newcomb's Wildflower Guide