Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia (Wishbone bush)

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Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. crassifolia (Choisy) Spellenb.

Wishbone bush, California four o’clock

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Mirabilis californica A. Gray var. cordifolia (Dunkle) Dunkle
Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. cordifolia Dunkle

2/24/2010 · Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (50 × 33 cm)

2/24/2010 · Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California · ≈ 2 × 2½″ (5.9 × 6.4 cm)

2/24/2010 · Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California

2/24/2010 · Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (50 × 33 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Caryophyllidae	Cacti, many other succulents, carnivorous plants, and leadworts
Order	Caryophyllales	Includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, and many carnivorous plants
Family	Nyctaginaceae	Plants with unique fruits (“anthocarps”) and large pollen grains
Genus	Mirabilis	From mirari, “to marvel at;” from mirus “wonderful”
Species	laevis	Smooth, free from hairs or roughness
var.	crassifolia	Thick-leaved

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Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.