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has gloss | (noun) wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico maravilla, Mirabilis multiflora, Colorado four o'clock, desert four o'clock |
has gloss | eng: Mirabilis multiflora is a species of flowering plant in the four oclock family known by the common name Colorado four oclock. It is native to the southwestern United States from California to Colorado and Texas, as well as far northern Mexico, where it grows in mostly dry habitat types in a number of regions. It is a perennial herb growing upright to about 80 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves are oppositely arranged on the spreading stem branches. Each fleshy leaf has an oval or rounded blade up to 12 centimeters long and is hairless or sparsely hairy. The flowers occur in leaf axils on the upper branches. Usually six flowers bloom in a bell-shaped involucre of five partly fused bracts. Each five-lobed, funnel-shaped flower is 4 to 6 centimeters wide and magenta in color. |
lexicalization | eng: Colorado four o'clock |
lexicalization | eng: desert four o'clock |
lexicalization | eng: maravilla |
lexicalization | eng: Mirabilis multiflora |
subclass of | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon four o'clock |
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similar | e/Mirabilis multiflora |
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