Summary[edit] Description: Deutsch: Habitus Taxonym: Mirabilis jalapa ss Fischer et al. EfÖLS 2008 ISBN 978-3-85474-187-9 Fundort: Satzer Leiten ostsüdöstlich von Neuruppersdorf, Bezirk Mistelbach, Niederösterreich - ca. 260 m ü. A. Standort: Gebüschrand / Grünschnittablagerung English: Habitus Taxonym: Mirabilis jalapa ss Fischer et al. EfÖLS 2008 ISBN 978-3-85474-187-9 Location: Satzer Leiten OSO of Neuruppersdorf, district Mistelbach, Lower Austria - ca. 260 m a.s.l. Habitat: border of a shrubbery / green waste dump. Date: 4 October 2019, 12:31:08. Source: Own work. Author: Stefan.lefnaer. Camera location48° 44′ 54.79″ N, 16° 32′ 17.06″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 48.748554; 16.538073.
This was my first encounter with Mirabilis multiflora var. multiflora growing in partial shade under a Utah Juniper (I refuse however to call this plant "Colorado Four O'Clock which is another common name for the species!). It is so green and lush and has such big leaves that in a desert environment, seeing this is somewhat surreal. But this is its home. And in fact in growing this much later from a purchased native nursery stock in northern Utah, which is not its home, the plant grew so aggressively and took over so much of my limited native garden space that I was sadly forced to remove it. There is some controversy about varietal and even species recognition within this complex; the acute involucral bracts combined with location suggest that this is var. multiflora (a second variety also occurs in this general region of the state). At least some varietal recognition seems to me to be perhaps appropriate.Scanned from a slide in 2014.June 14, 1984, vicinity of Windwhistle campground, Canyon Rims Recreation Area, San Juan County, Utah, at about 6,040 ft elev.