Index / Search / Mirabilis nyctaginea
§1 Plant
Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacMill.
vernacular heartleaf four o'clock — species · Nyctaginaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Mirabilis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 945 counties across 35 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 945 counties across 35 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Cleburne 05023
- Craighead 05031
- Franklin 05047
- Hempstead 05057
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Poinsett 05111
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Searcy 05129
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Colorado view state ↗ 18 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 95 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Delaware 18035
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Hendricks 18063
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vermillion 18165
- Wabash 18169
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Audubon 19009
- Carroll 19027
- Cass 19029
- Crawford 19047
- Fremont 19071
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Ida 19093
- Jackson 19097
- Lyon 19119
- Madison 19121
- Monona 19133
- O'Brien 19141
- Osceola 19143
- Page 19145
- Plymouth 19149
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Union 19175
- Washington 19183
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 101 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Crawford 26039
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Lake 26085
- Lapeer 26087
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 72 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- Sibley 27143
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Swift 27151
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Watonwan 27165
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 83 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Caldwell 29025
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Montgomery 29139
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Putnam 29171
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Worth 29227
Montana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Boone 31011
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Butler 31023
- Cedar 31027
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dixon 31051
- Douglas 31055
- Franklin 31061
- Gage 31067
- Garfield 31071
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Otoe 31131
- Pierce 31139
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Nelson 38063
- Pembina 38067
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
Ohio view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Butler 39017
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Highland 39071
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Meigs 39105
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Muskingum 39119
- Paulding 39125
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Van Wert 39161
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
Oklahoma view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Beaver 40007
- Canadian 40017
- Carter 40019
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Kay 40071
- Kingfisher 40073
- Kiowa 40075
- Le Flore 40079
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
- Woods 40151
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Dauphin 42043
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Fulton 42057
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Mercer 42085
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brookings 46011
- Buffalo 46017
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Deuel 46039
- Fall River 46047
- Hanson 46061
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Hutchinson 46067
- Lake 46079
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Marshall 46091
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Roberts 46109
- Sanborn 46111
- Stanley 46117
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Turner 46125
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
- Yankton 46135
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bandera 48019
- Cherokee 48073
- Comal 48091
- Dallas 48113
- Delta 48119
- Eastland 48133
- Grayson 48181
- Harris 48201
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hunt 48231
- Jack 48237
- Kaufman 48257
- La Salle 48283
- Llano 48299
- Madison 48313
- Ochiltree 48357
- Randall 48381
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- Tarrant 48439
- Wheeler 48483
- Wise 48497
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Campbell 51031
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Lunenburg 51111
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Warren 51187
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Barron 55005
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Pepin 55091
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MINY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/10363580 ↗Record version
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