Allionia incarnata

Allionia incarnata is a flowering plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae) native to the Caribbean, the southern United States, and south through Central America and most of western South America.[1] It is a perennial (sometimes annual) herbaceous plant with dark pink flowers.[2] Allionia incarnata is known as pink three-flower, pink windmills, trailing allionia, trailing four-o'clock, and trailing windmills.[2]

Allionia incarnata
In Nevada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Allionia
Species:
A. incarnata
Binomial name
Allionia incarnata
L.

Three varieties are accepted:[1]

  • Allionia incarnata var. incarnata L.
  • Allionia incarnata var. nudata (Standl.) Munz
  • Allionia incarnata var. villosa (Standl.) B.L.Turner

References

  1. "Allionia incarnata L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. Spellenberg, R. W. (2003). "Allionia incarnata". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 4. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 31 December 2020 via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.


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