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.
Identify with AI — OfflineOkenia 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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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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