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Higher taxa are included only if endemic. 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. The seven smaller level 3 regions are reflected below. [1]
The word yolloxochitl is from the Aztec language Nahuatl and it loosely translates to heart-shaped flower after its rose-like appearance of unopened buds. [3] Even though the plant is called a Mexican magnolia, it has differing names throughout the regions it is located and often describe its beautiful scent or its heart-shaped characteristics.
Ruellia simplex is an evergreen perennial growing 3 ft (0.91 m) tall, forming colonies of stalks with lance-shaped leaves that are 6 to 12 in (15 to 30 cm) long and .5 to .75 in (1.3 to 1.9 cm) wide. The flowers are metallic blue to purple, trumpet-shaped with an about 2 in (5.1 cm)-wide, five-lobed corolla. There is a dwarf variety that is ...
It is known by several English-language common names, including Mexican lobelia, Sierra Madre lobelia, Mexican cardinalflower, looseflowers lobelia, and drooping lobelia. [1] In Spanish and Nahuatl it is known as aretitos, acaxóchitl, and chilpanxóchitl. [2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ...
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). Its central spine is about 3 ⁄ 8 inch (0.95 cm) in diameter with five to 9 radials and slightly yellowish in color ...
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.
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 ...
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.