Allionia incarnata L. is a plant in the Nyctaginaceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Allionia incarnata L.

Allionia incarnata L.

Allionia incarnata is a flowering Nyctaginaceae plant native to the Americas, with dark pink flowers and three accepted varieties.

Family
Genus
Allionia
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Allionia incarnata L.

Allionia incarnata L. is a flowering plant belonging to the four o'clock family, Nyctaginaceae. It is native to the Caribbean, the southern United States, and extends south through Central America into most of western South America. This species is typically a perennial herbaceous plant, though it occasionally grows as an annual, and produces dark pink flowers. It goes by several common names: pink three-flower, pink windmills, trailing allionia, trailing four-o'clock, and trailing windmills. Three varieties of this species are currently accepted: Allionia incarnata var. incarnata L., Allionia incarnata var. nudata (Standl.) Munz, and Allionia incarnata var. villosa (Standl.) B.L.Turner.

Photo: (c) Mike Plagens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike Plagens · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Nyctaginaceae Allionia

More from Nyctaginaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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