Sonoran Desert Naturalist >>> Field Guide >>> Sonoran Desert Flora >>> Nyctaginaceae
Mostly herbaceous annuals and perennials; some subshrubs. Bougainvilla is a large cultivated shrub in urban settings in the Sonoran Desert. Leaves are generally opposite and unequal in size. The stems are typically forked - repeatedly branching into two parts. Flowers usu. have just one whorl of sepals which are colored like petals (most flowers have green sepals and colored petals).
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Bigelow's Four O'Clock |
Mirabilis bigelovii |
Trailing Four O'Clock |
Allionia incarnata |
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Grows usu. under shade of trees and shrubs clambering up and through. Sticky leaves. Detailed Description |
Grows usu. prostrate on soil - often sandy soil. Sticky leaves. Detailed Description |
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Climbing Wortclub |
Boerhavia scandens |
Colorado Four O'Clock |
Mirabilis multiflora |
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Long thin stems clamber up and through shrubs. Uncommon. Flowers small, in umbels. Detailed Description |
Large showy flowers on leafy plant. Mostly at upper elevations in Sonoran Desert. Detailed Description. |
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Spiderling |
Boerhavia intermedia |
Scarlet Spiderling |
Boerhavia coccinea |
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Grows as weed along roads and in urban lots. Flowers small and pink. Intricately branched. Detailed Description |
Sprawling summer annual, often weedy, with small buttons of bright red flowers. Detailed Description. |
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Michael J. Plagens, 1999-07
