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§1 Plant
Mirabilis jalapa L.
vernacular marvel of Peru — species · Nyctaginaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Mirabilis
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 110 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 110 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Jackson 22049
- Lafourche 22057
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Washington 22117
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 9 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MIJA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3086240 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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