MIRABILIS EXPANSA
Author:
Paul Carpenter Standley, 1931
Family:
NYCTAGINACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Standl. (1931). In: Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 113.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
5 Centimetres
Height:
150 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Calyxhymenia expansa, Hipólito Ruiz López & José Antonio Pavon, 1798.
Allionia expansa, Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze1891.
Oxybaphus expansus, Martin Vahl, 1805.
Calymenia expansa, Pers.
This member of the Nyctaginaceae family was given this name by Paul Carpenter Standley in 1931. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia and Peru, growing in a rich well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 150 centimetres in height. The flowers are purple and can have some white.
The genera name is Latin for 'marvellous'.
The species name from the Latin expandare, meaning 'to expand' or 'spread out'.
Flower
Purple - Purple / White
Soil
Rich Drained
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium - Maximum
