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Mirabilis jalapa - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 9/2011 © Julia Roeser

Mirabilis jalapa - Flower bud, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower bud, side view; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 8/2011 © Julia Roeser

Mirabilis jalapa - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 8/2011 © Julia Roeser

Dataset

Identifier: 2360
Date of entry: 31.12.2014
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Marvel of Peru

German: Wunderblume

Portuguese: Maravilha

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2713)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)

      Order: Caryophyllales (114)

        Family: Nyctaginaceae (4)(family description)

          Genus: Mirabilis (1)

            Epithet: jalapa L. (1)

jalapa => from Xalapa (often spelled Jalapa), Veracruz, Mexico

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink, white

External links

Check for Mirabilis jalapa at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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