Fragrant white wildflower spotted high in Arizona's Dragoon Mountains
iNaturalist: esophiea
Native Plants
If you garden in the Southwest, this trumpet-flowered native blooms at night and draws hawkmoths, making it a low-water option for a moon garden or wildlife border.
Someone out hiking near Cochise Stronghold in Arizona's Dragoon Mountains found and photographed a sweet four o'clock, a plant known for its long white flowers that open in the evening and smell sweet to attract moths. Logging the sighting on iNaturalist adds a data point showing this native species growing at over a mile of elevation in a specific mountain range, which helps researchers and gardeners understand its real range.
Key Findings
Observation recorded at approximately 5,100 feet elevation west of Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains, Arizona
Species identified as Mirabilis longiflora (sweet four o'clock), a wildflower with elongated white tubular blooms
Sighting logged via iNaturalist, contributing to public occurrence data for the species in Cochise County
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A citizen scientist spotted the sweet four o'clock, a wildflower with long white trumpet-shaped blooms, growing at 5,100 feet in the Dragoon Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona. Sightings like this help track where native desert and mountain plants actually live.
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Original paper
Sweet Four o'Clock (Mirabilis longiflora) observed in Cochise County, US-AZ, US
5100' west Cochise Stronghold, Dragoon Mtns
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Mirabilis longiflora, also known as the sweet four o'clock or the long-flowered four o'Clock, is a species of flowering plant native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The flowers open in the late afternoon and bloom through the night, hence the name.