Mirabilis

 Nyctaginaceae

©The World Botanical Associates Web Page
Prepared by Richard W. Spjut
May 2005, Dec 2007, Apr 2011

Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
Joshua Tree Natl. Park, CA
March 2005

Mirabilis bigelovii var. villosa
NV: Clark Co., near Searchlight
Creosote-Acacia scrub, Oct 2007

Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa
CA: Inyo Co., near Bishop, May 2008

  

Mirabilis multiflora var. glandulosa
 NV: Clark Co., near Searchlight
Creosote-Acacia scrub, Oct 2007

Mirabilis multiflora
 NV: Spring Mts, Cold Creek Road,
Joshua tree woodland
Oct 2007

 
Mirabilis multiflora—a protein, based on activity in WA, SA, LL, was reportedly isolated from a sample of this species (Hartwell 1976).

Vivanco J. M.,  B. J. Savary and H. E. Flores. 1999. Characterization of Two Novel Type I Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins from the Storage Roots of the Andean Crop Mirabilis expansa. Plant Physiol. 119 (4): 1447–1456.