Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacMill.

Heart-leaved Umbrellawort

Synonyms: Allionia nyctaginea, Oxybaphus nyctagineus

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Plant

Sublevel 1: Angiosperm

Sublevel 2: Eudicot

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Family: Nyctaginaceae

Genus: Mirabilis

Species: Mirabilis nyctaginea

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Introduced

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Photoautotroph

Type of Spores/Gametophytes: Two types of spores, unisexual gametophytes

HABITAT

Wetland Indicator Status: UPL

PHOTOS OF Mirabilis nyctaginea