Common names:[Source]

Trailing Windmills

 

Trailing Four O'Clock

Description:

Magenta flowers

 

Leaves are simple, hairy and sticky, oval shaped

Plant Characteristics:

Duration: Annual Perennial [Source]

 

Growth Habit: Herb/Forb [Source]

 

Habitat: Desert, Upland [Source]

 

Elevation: 0-6,500 feet [Source]

Uses:

Used by indeginous people to treat swelling. Added to baths to reduce fever, and prepared as a decoction to treat diarrhea and kidney ailment. [Source]

 

 

 

Research:

Ecological Studies on the High Plateaus of Utah [PDF]

 

Studies on the Rocky Mountain Flora-IX [PDF]

 

 

Interesting Facts:

The Flowers on a single cluster mature all at onve in the morning and shrivel by the next day.[Source]

 

Flowers bloom from March to October [Source]

 

May trail along the fround for up to 5 feet [Source]

Distribution: [Source]

AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT