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Producing pink or white flowers from spring to autumn, it forms underground tubers and large rootstocks. It is a prolific seed producer. The seeds float on water. The fruit and seeds are eaten and spread by a wide range of animals such as pigs, racoons and birds. The tubers will resprout if the plant is cut back or damaged by frost.
For the purposes of this category, "Mexico" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. In the WGSRPD scheme Mexico is its own level 2 region, which is region #79.
Euphorbia cotinifolia is a broadleaf red shrub native to Mexico and South America. Treated as a shrub, it reaches 10 to 15 ft (3.0 to 4.6 m) but can be grown as a tree reaching 30 ft (9.1 m).
Ruellia simplex, the Mexican petunia, Mexican bluebell or Britton's wild petunia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae that is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America. It has become a widespread invasive plant in Florida , where it was likely introduced as an ornamental before 1933, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as well as in the ...
It has tree-shaped columnar trunks that grow slowly to 12 feet (3.7 m) and may reach 20 feet (6.1 m) in height, rarely branching. Stems are 3 to 4 inches (7.6 to 10.2 centimetres) in diameter, with ribs 4 to 7 in (10 to 18 cm).
Tigridia pavonia is a species of flowering plant in the iris family Iridaceae. Common names include jockey's cap lily, [3] Mexican shellflower, [4] peacock flower, [4] tiger iris, [5] and tiger flower. [4] This summer-flowering bulbous herbaceous perennial is widespread across much of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. It is ...
Tithonia diversifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is commonly known as the tree marigold, [2] Mexican tournesol, Mexican sunflower, Japanese sunflower or Nitobe chrysanthemum. It is native to Mexico and Central America but has a nearly pantropical distribution as an introduced species. [1]
The Mexican flamevine is prized as an ornamental because of its showy flowers, which are pollinated by butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. It is widely grown in gardens in parts of the United States in hardiness zones 10 through 11 as a climber or groundcover, though it can be hardy down to -6.7 °C (20 °F) in zone 9a.