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The Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert and ecoregion which covers large parts of the southwestern United States and of northwestern Mexico. With an area of 260,000 square kilometers (100,000 sq mi), it is the hottest desert in Mexico.
Sebastiania pavoniana is a species of tree in the spurge family [4] [5] native to Mexico [1] [6] [4] [7] and northwest Costa Rica. [3] It is the 'bean' part of the Mexican jumping bean, despite not being a legume like true beans. [5] The 'jumping' is provided by the larva of the jumping bean moth (Cydia saltitans). [8] [6]
Sedum rubrotinctum or Sedum × rubrotinctum, commonly known as jelly-beans, [1] jelly bean plant, or pork and beans, [2] is a species of Sedum from the plant family Crassulaceae. It is a succulent plant originating in Mexico. [3] The common English name refers to its short leaves that resemble jelly beans, especially when taking on a protective ...
Aquilegia hinckleyana plants have a height of around 60 centimetres (24 in), [3]: 94 with stems ranging between 5 decimetres (20 in) and 7 decimetres (28 in) tall. The stems have a width of between 4 millimetres (0.16 in) and 7 millimetres (0.28 in) at the base. These stems are glabrous and glaucous below the base. [4] The plant yellow flowers.
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]
Similar to some types of cucumber, [10] these plants are monoecious, producing both male and female flowers on the same plant. [9] [11] Flowers are small and yellow, and are approximately 4 mm (0.2 in) in diameter. [5] Unusually for the cucurbits, the female flowers appear before the male flowers. [6] These plants can pollinate themselves, but ...
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 ...
Individual plants reach 1–1.5 m (3.3–4.9 ft) tall, have once or twice pinnatified leaves (see image of leaf), and abundant spines on the stems and leaves. It produces yellow flowers with pentagonal corollas 2–3.5 cm (0.79–1.38 in) in diameter and weakly bilaterally symmetric (see flower-closeup image). [ 6 ]