Native to Arizona, California, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Nevada, Oregon, Utah (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Mirabilis laevis
var. retrorsa
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
Mexico, Baja California (Comondú)
25.292222, -112.131389
Location Remarks
Cedros Isl
Collectors
Identified as
Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa
Location
United States, California, Riverside (Palm Desert)
33.664333, -116.399056
Location Remarks
Palms to Pines Highway (Highway 74), ca. 3 miles S of junction with Highway 111.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Nyctaginaceae
Genus
Mirabilis
Specific Epithet
laevis
Authorship
(Benth.) Curran
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 3.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#158,094 of 335,497
Top 48%
Extinction probability
10%