Vesalea floribunda | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Dipsacales |
Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
Genus: | Vesalea |
Species: | V. floribunda
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Binomial name | |
Vesalea floribunda | |
Varieties [1] | |
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Synonyms [1] | |
Vesalea floribunda, also known as Mexican abelia, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. It is a shrub native to southern Mexico, ranging from central Veracruz to northern Oaxaca and southeastern Chiapas. [1]
Growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall and broad, it is a semi-evergreen or evergreen shrub with shiny ovate leaves and clusters of tubular cerise flowers to 5 cm (2.0 in) long. The flowers bloom year-round (in the wild) except in the spring. It fruits (produces a seed pod) year-round (in the wild) except May and June.
Its natural habitat is mixed pine and oak forests and on rocky outcrops at 2,000 to 3,000 m (6,600 to 9,800 ft) elevation. [2]
Two varieties are accepted. [1]
Though hardy down to −10 °C (14 °F), it prefers a sheltered location, for instance against a south-facing stone wall. [2]
It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [3] [4]
Vesalea floribunda | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Dipsacales |
Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
Genus: | Vesalea |
Species: | V. floribunda
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Binomial name | |
Vesalea floribunda | |
Varieties [1] | |
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Synonyms [1] | |
Vesalea floribunda, also known as Mexican abelia, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. It is a shrub native to southern Mexico, ranging from central Veracruz to northern Oaxaca and southeastern Chiapas. [1]
Growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall and broad, it is a semi-evergreen or evergreen shrub with shiny ovate leaves and clusters of tubular cerise flowers to 5 cm (2.0 in) long. The flowers bloom year-round (in the wild) except in the spring. It fruits (produces a seed pod) year-round (in the wild) except May and June.
Its natural habitat is mixed pine and oak forests and on rocky outcrops at 2,000 to 3,000 m (6,600 to 9,800 ft) elevation. [2]
Two varieties are accepted. [1]
Though hardy down to −10 °C (14 °F), it prefers a sheltered location, for instance against a south-facing stone wall. [2]
It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [3] [4]