FOUR O’CLOCK FAMILY
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Fringe Cup Allionia linearis
Plate 8, fig. 1
The purple flowers of the Fringe Cup open late in the afternoon and wither as they close in the heat of the sun the next morning. As with most red and blue flowers, albino forms are sometimes found. The plants are 2-5 ft. in height and may be found in bloom all summer on prairies, foothills and gravel-slides at 4000-9000 ft.
Four O’Clock Mirabilis multiflora
Plate 8, fig. 2
This plant resembles the Four O’Clock of the garden, but the flowers are much larger. It also opens late in the afternoon and withers the next morning. The large rose-red blossoms grow on plants 1-2 ft. high and usually densely clustered. They are found on the plains and foothills at 4000-7000 ft.
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Plate 8
FOUR O’CLOCK FAMILY
1 Fringe Cup: Allionia linearis 2 Four O’Clock: Mirabilis multiflora
GOOSEFOOT FAMILY
3 Strawberry Blite: Chenopodium capitatum
BUCKWHEAT FAMILY
4 Lady’s Thumb, Heart’s Ease: Polygonum pennsilvanicum 5 Golden Buckwheat: Eriogonum Jamesii 8 Crimson Wings: Rumex venosus
PINK FAMILY
6 Alpine Pink, Moss Campion: Silene acaulis 7 Cow Pink: Saponaria vaccaria
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