Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 371

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-COMMON_NAMES-Common Marvel of Peru,
Umbrellawort, Four-o-clock, False Jalapa
-GENUS-Mirabilis
-SPECIES-Mirabilis jalapa
-CLASS-Pentandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS-Mirabilis
-MODERN_SPECIES-Mirabilis jalapa
-MODERN_FAMILY-Nyctaginaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR-purple, crimson, yellow or white
-SEASON-summer
-NATIVE_REGION-Peru
-ZONE-8

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-11
-PUB_DATE-1797
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
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