Allionia incarnata | |
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Scientific 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. It is a perennial (sometimes annual) herbaceous plant with dark pink flowers. Allionia incarnata is known as pink three-flower, pink windmills, trailing allionia, trailing four-o'clock, and trailing windmills.
Three varieties are accepted:
- Allionia incarnata var. incarnata L.
- Allionia incarnata var. nudata (Standl.) Munz
- Allionia incarnata var. villosa (Standl.) B.L.Turner
References
- ^ "Allionia incarnata L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ 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.
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Allionia incarnata |
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