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Four o'Clock flower

Mirabilis jalapa

352Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
45Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun4
Jul40
Aug129
Sep121
Oct53
Nov5
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England29
2Surrey England17
3Cambridgeshire England16
4Essex England14
5Devon England14
6Suffolk England9
7Lincolnshire England9
8Somerset England9
9Isle of Wight England9
10Oxfordshire England6
11Dorset England6
12Cornwall England5
13North Yorkshire England5
14Northamptonshire England5
15Sefton England4
17 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
352
Peak month
August
Counties with records
45
Scientific name
Mirabilis jalapa
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
82
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Nyctaginaceae
Genus
Mirabilis
Name with authority
Mirabilis jalapa L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13710 · GBIF 3086240