Mirabilis jalapa L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Marvel-of-Peru
🇫🇷 Belle-de-nuit, Merveille du Pérou, Faux jalape

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Tribe: Nyctagineae
Genus: Mirabilis
Species: Mirabilis jalapa

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Photographs

img/mirabilis-jalapa.webp — Mirabilis jalapa

img/mirabilis-jalapa-2.webp — Mirabilis jalapa

img/mirabilis-jalapa-3.webp — Mirabilis jalapa

img/mirabilis-jalapa-4.webp — Mirabilis jalapa

img/mirabilis-jalapa-5.webp — Mirabilis jalapa - Top leaves and flower buds

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 839). Biotope.