Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Nyctaginaceae

Boerhavia - [maps | photos]

• Boerhavia erecta * L.
  Common Name: erect spiderling

Mirabilis - [maps | photos]

• Mirabilis albida (Walt.) Heimerl (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: white four o'clock
  Synonyms:
  

         • Oxybaphus albidus (Walt.) Sweet

• Mirabilis nyctaginea * (Michx.) MacMill.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: heartleaf four o'clock
  Synonyms:
  

         • Oxybaphus nyctagineus (Michx.) Sweet

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.