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Mirabilis jalapa

Cannon Point Walkway, Upper Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 10/03/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Cannon Point Walkway, Upper Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 10/03/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Self-established near road verge; Durie Hill, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 31/01/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Self-established near road verge; Durie Hill, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 31/01/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Self-established near road verge; Durie Hill, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 31/01/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

four o’clock plant, marvel of Peru

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Red/Pink, Yellow

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Nyctaginaceae

Authority

Mirabilis jalapa L.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1883

Origin

tropical Andes