Pronunciation: mi-RAB-il-is PEW-mil-a
Common name: Dwarf four o'clock
Family: Nyctaginaceae (Four o'clock)
Habitat: Dry rocky and gravelly places, 4500' to
9000', pinyon-juniper woodland and yellow pine
forest, San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mts, mts
of east Mojave
Blooming period: June to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Mirabilis
2) pumila