UConn Home Banner
HOME COLLECTIONS TEACHING RESEARCH VISITING STAFF

Nyctaginaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
Mirabilis jalapa L.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Four O'Clock, Marvel of Peru
  • Family: Nyctaginaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: widespread in New World tropics and subtropics
  • Habitat:

  • Culture: Grow in rich soil and a sunny position in summer; store the tuberous roots in dry soil over winter.
Images of this accession: {and/or its current location}

 

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200900030
  • Source: M.R. Opel
  • Accession Date: 03-24-2009
  • Bench: 2300 - Temperate Zone
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-26-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Nyctaginaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:
References:

page generated on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:46:46 -0500

UConn       The Web       People
WEATHER          MSDS & LABELS          STATISTICS          DISCLAIMER © Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses
75 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3043
Storrs, CT 06269-3043
860-486-4052
email: eeb dot greenhouse at uconn dot edu