Nyctaginaceae

purple sand verbena

Abronia angustifolia Greene

Abronia angustifolia is a North American sand-loving plant with fragrant evening-blooming spherical flower clusters, native to arid regions of the US Southwest and northern Mexico.

Great Basin Sand Verbena

Abronia elliptica A.Nelson

Snowball Sand Verbena

Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.

Abronia fragrans, or sweet sand-verbena, is a North American prairie perennial with cultural and medicinal uses for Indigenous peoples.

Yellow Sand Verbena

Abronia latifolia Eschsch.

Abronia latifolia is a perennial coastal sand-verbena native to North America's west coast with edible roots and saltwater requirements.

red sand-verbena

Abronia maritima Nutt. ex S.Watson

Abronia maritima, or red sand verbena, is a rare beach-adapted perennial halophyte native to west coast North American dunes.

Pink Sand Verbena

Abronia umbellata Lam.

Abronia umbellata is a prostrate annual pink sand verbena native to the North American Pacific coast, sometimes used in California native gardening.

desert sand verbena

Abronia villosa S.Watson

Abronia villosa S.Watson is a short hairy sticky annual wildflower with sweet fragrance growing prostrate in sandy deserts and coastlines.

angel trumpets

Acleisanthes longiflora A.Gray

The lectotype for Acleisanthes longiflora A.Gray, originally mis - designated as holotype, is Wright 310 from Texas in 1849. Gray's protologue cited multiple collections, exsiccatum 599 combines two Wright's materials, and typification needs correction per ICN rules.

Trailing Windmills

Allionia incarnata L.

Allionia incarnata is a flowering Nyctaginaceae plant native to the Americas, with dark pink flowers and three accepted varieties.

scarlet spiderling

Boerhavia coccinea Mill.

Boerhavia coccinea Mill. is a sprawling perennial herb with uncertain native range, used widely as medicine, food, and animal feed.

scarlet spiderling

Boerhavia diffusa L.

Boerhavia diffusa L. is a widespread creeping perennial herb with an unconfirmed exact native range across many global regions.

Erect spiderling

Boerhavia erecta L.

Boerhavia erecta L. is a perennial herb used as traditional medicine, food, and cattle forage in parts of Africa.

Slender Spiderling

Boerhavia triquetra S.Watson

Boerhavia triquetra is a small hardy annual herb native to the deserts of southwestern US and northern Mexico.

salt bush

Cryptocarpus pyriformis Kunth

Cryptocarpus pyriformis is the sole species of genus Cryptocarpus, native to Ecuador, Peru and the Galápagos Islands.

red four o'clock

Mirabilis coccinea (Torr.) Benth. & Hook.fil.

Scarlet four o'clock (Mirabilis coccinea) is a night-blooming spring wildflower native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

Marvel of Peru

Mirabilis jalapa L.

Mirabilis jalapa (four o'clock flower) is a colorful herbaceous plant native to the Americas, grown ornamentally and used for food coloring and herbal medicine.

Wishbone Bush

Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran

Mirabilis laevis (desert wishbone-bush) is a recently redefined four o'clock family flowering plant found in the US Southwest and northwest Mexico.

Narrowleaf Four o'Clock

Mirabilis linearis (Pursh) Heimerl

Mirabilis linearis, or narrowleaf four o'clock, is a plant with documented traditional uses by the Zuni people.

Sweet Four o'Clock

Mirabilis longiflora L.

Mirabilis longiflora L. is a tender herbaceous perennial native to scrubby canyons and riverbanks of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

Colorado Four o'Clock

Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) A.Gray

Mirabilis multiflora is a perennial herb pollinated by hawkmoths, with traditional medicinal uses among the Zuni people.

Wild Four o'Clock

Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) Mac Mill.

Mirabilis nyctaginea, wild four o'clock, is a North American four o'clock plant that has traditional medicinal uses by the Skiri Pawnee.

devil's bouquet

Nyctaginia capitata Choisy

Nyctaginia capitata, devil's bouquet, is the only species in the monotypic genus Nyctaginia of the Nyctaginaceae family, native from southern central USA to northeastern Mexico.

brittle thorn

Phaeoptilum spinosum Radlk.

Phaeoptilum spinosum is the only species in genus Phaeoptilum, a drought-resistant fodder shrub found in central Namibia.

Mojave Sand Verbena

Abronia pogonantha Heimerl

Abronia pogonantha, Mojave sand-verbena, is an annual flowering Nyctaginaceae plant native to California and Nevada.