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Desert Wishbone-Bush (Mirabilis laevis)

  • Desert Wishbone-Bush (Mirabilis Laevis) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-wishbone-bush-mirabilis-laevis
    Credit: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted | Photography by Curtis Clark | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5
  • Desert Wishbone-Bush (Mirabilis Laevis) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-wishbone-bush-mirabilis-laevis
    Credit: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted | Photography by Curtis Clark | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5
  • Desert Wishbone-Bush (Mirabilis Laevis) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-wishbone-bush-mirabilis-laevis
    Credit: Stan Shebs | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Desert Wishbone-Bush (Mirabilis Laevis) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-wishbone-bush-mirabilis-laevis
    Credit: Stan Shebs | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Desert Wishbone-Bush (Mirabilis Laevis) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-wishbone-bush-mirabilis-laevis
    Credit: Stan Shebs | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Desert Wishbone-Bush (Mirabilis Laevis) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-wishbone-bush-mirabilis-laevis
    Credit: Stan Shebs | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Desert Wishbone-Bush (Mirabilis Laevis) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-wishbone-bush-mirabilis-laevis
    Credit: Stan Shebs | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5 CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
  • Desert Wishbone-Bush (Mirabilis Laevis) https://www.sagebud.com/desert-wishbone-bush-mirabilis-laevis
    Credit: unknown | http://www.nps.gov/s... | License: PD US Government PD US NPS
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Mirabilis Laevis, or more commonly know as Desert Wishbone-Bush, is a forb/herb subshrub of the genus Mirabilis. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Mirabilis Laevis or Desert Wishbone-Bush's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon and Utah.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Mirabilis
  • Family: Nyctaginaceae
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb Subshrub
  • Native Status: L48 (N)





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