NYCTAGINACEAE - Four O'Clock Family

The following information is alphabetized by Family and then Genus. These are some of the most commonly seen flowers in Arches National Park and is not an all inclusive listing. Please see the plant list for Arches National Park for a complete listing.

Click on a photograph or a common name below to find more photographs and a description of the plant. The nomenclature for the plant list of Arches National Park is based on A Utah Flora by Stanley L. Welsh, N. Duane Atwood, Sherel Goodrich, and Larry C. Higgins (Editors). Where this differs, there is a notation in the plant description.

NYCTAGINACEAE
(Four O'Clock Family)
Abronia fragrans



NPS Photo

SAND-VERBENA

NYCTAGINACEAE
(Four O'Clock Family)
Allionia incarnata




Photo © Lee Ferguson

TRAILING WINDMILLS

NYCTAGINACEAE
(Four O'Clock Family)
Mirabilis linearis



Photo © Alicia Lafever

NARROWLEAF UMBRELLAWORT