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Allionia incarnata

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

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]

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

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