Allionia incarnata is a flowering plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae) native to the Caribbean, the southern United States, and south through Central America and most of western South America.[1] It is a perennial (sometimes annual) herbaceous plant with dark pink flowers.[2] Allionia incarnata is known as pink three-flower, pink windmills, trailing allionia, trailing four-o'clock, and trailing windmills.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Genus: | Allionia |
| Species: | A. incarnata
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| Binomial name | |
| Allionia incarnata L.
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Three varieties are accepted:[1]
- Allionia incarnata var. incarnata L.
- Allionia incarnata var. nudata (Standl.) Munz
- Allionia incarnata var. villosa (Standl.) B.L.Turner
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Fruits
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References
edit- ^ a b "Allionia incarnata L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ a b Spellenberg, R. W. (2003). "Allionia incarnata". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 4. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 31 December 2020 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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