Allionia incarnata

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Allionia incarnata
Allionia incarnata flower 2.jpg
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Allionia
Species:
A. incarnata
Binomial name
Allionia incarnata
L.
Varieties [1]
  • A. i. var. incarnata
  • A. i. var. nudata
  • A. i. var. villosa
Synonyms [1] [2] [3]
List
    • Allionia bandurriae Phil.
    • Allionia craterimorpha Rusby
    • Allionia cristata (Standl.) Standl.
    • Allionia jarae Phil.
    • Allionia malacoides Benth.
    • Allionia mendocina Phil.
    • Allionia puberula Phil.
    • Wedelia cristata Standl.
    • Wedelia incarnata (L.) L.
    • Wedelia malachroides Benth.
    • Wedeliella cristata (Standl.) Cockerell
    • Wedeliella incarnata (L.) Cockerell

Allionia incarnata is a flowering plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae) native to the Caribbean, the southern United States, and south through Central America and most of western South America. [1] It is a perennial (sometimes annual) herbaceous plant with dark pink flowers. [4] Allionia incarnata is known as pink three-flower, pink windmills, trailing allionia, trailing four-o'clock, and trailing windmills. [4]

Three varieties are accepted: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Allionia incarnata L." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  2. "Allionia incarnata var. incarnata". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  3. "Allionia incarnata var. nudata (Standl.) Munz". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  4. 1 2 Spellenberg, R. W. (2003). "Allionia incarnata". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 4. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 31 December 2020 via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.