Okenia hypogaea Schltdl. & Cham. is a plant in the Nyctaginaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Okenia hypogaea Schltdl. & Cham.
Okenia hypogaea, the beach peanut, is an annual flowering plant and the only species in genus Okenia, native to tropical North America.
Okenia hypogaea Schltdl. & Cham., commonly called beach peanut or burrowing four-o'clock, is a flowering plant species belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae. This annual plant is native to tropical North America, with a distribution that extends from northern Mexico to Nicaragua, and also includes southern Florida. It is the only species in the genus Okenia.
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Boerhavia erecta L.
Mirabilis alipes (S.Watson) Pilz
Abronia maritima Nutt. ex S.Watson
Nyctaginia capitata Choisy
Boerhavia coulteri (Hook.fil.) S.Watson
Boerhavia coccinea Mill.
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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