Four O'clock Plant or Marvel of Peru at Chisholm, ACT
Identification history
| Mirabilis jalapa | 10 Apr 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Mirabilis jalapa | 10 Apr 2020 | michaelb | ||
| Unidentified | 10 Apr 2020 | RomanSoroka |
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JackieMiles
wrote:
10 Apr 2020
Looks like Mirabilis jalapa, Four o'clock plant (for the fact that flowers open in the late afternoon) or Marvel of Peru. Originally from tropical americas, now widely naturalised around the world, including Queensland and NSW south as far as the Central Coast. It is frost tender, so unlikely to get established round Canberra. I'm surprised anyone has managed to grow it in a garden here, for it then to escape from.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.132856-35.436404
- Maps Melrose
- Places Chisholm, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Mar 2020 12:12 PM Recorded on
- RomanSoroka Recorded by
Additional information
- True In flower
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Species information
- Mirabilis jalapa Scientific name
- Four O'clock Plant or Marvel of Peru Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium Weed or Pest
- Up to 704.8m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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