Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Purple ), 1 by htop

htop wrote:
Wild Four O'Clock, Heartleaf Four O'Clock, Nightblooming Four O'Clock (Mirabilis nyctaginea), Nyctaginaceae Family, native, perennial. blooms April through November


Wild Four O'Clock stems are smooth and can be distinguished by their swollen joints and forked branches. The opposite salked leaves are between 2 and 4.75 inches long with the upper leaves being stalkless. It has clusters of between 3-5 flowers that are 1/2 - 5/8 across which are surrounded by green bracts which become papery, enlarged and colored as its fruit matures.

Texas native distribution:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/county?state_name=Texas&statefip...

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/31793/index.html

Flower which is actually more pinkish than the photo shows. The flower is trumpet-shaped and is about ½" across or slightly less ...