In the Community: What's In Bloom
Umbrellawort (Mirabilis hirsuta )
An interesting feature of this wildflower of sandy dry prairies is its tendency to open its flowers only late in the afternoon and evening; thus, one of its alternative names is "hairy four-o'clock". The 30-60 cm tall plants are perennial and rather gangly and many-branched, growing from a heavy woody taproot. However, the small, down-turned, 1 cm-wide flowers, which appear in August, are a delicate rose-pink fading to white, in groups of two to five. They have a distinct umbrella shape. Although the umbrellawort is common in Saskatchewan, it is considered endangered in parts of the U.S.
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