Trailing Four O'Clock
Allionia incarnata
This photo was taken just outside Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, April 2005 by Wikimedia User:Stan Shebs.
Several Allionia incarnata were found growing along King Solomon Wash in the Wickenburg Mountains of Yavapai Co., Arizona that were being devoured by caterpillars of Five-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata).
SPRING ANNUAL: Begins blooming mid spring. Some plants may survive into
summer. Usu. grows along prostrate on ground, appearing vine-like.
LEAVES: Leaves and stems are all covered with sticky-glanded hairs.
Simple, opposite leaves are somewhat heart-shaped.
FLOWERS: Each 'flower' is a cluster of usually three flowers grouped
together by short bracts. The perianth is magenta-pink. Blooms mid spring and spradically through summer and fall, moisture depending.
FRUIT: Small, flattened, odd-looking achenes, 4 mm, with edges curled.
RANGE: Common along sandy washes in Sonoran Desert.
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