Trailing Four O'Clock

Allionia incarnata

This photo was taken just outside Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, April 2005 by Wikimedia User:Stan Shebs.

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.

UNARMED:

Nyctaginaceae -- Four O'Clock Family

More Information:

• Jepson Manual
• Firefly Forest
• USDA Profile
• ITIS Taxonomic Report
• Google Images
• Google Scholar Literature Search